An integrated fuzzy multi-criteria approach for the performance evaluation of multiple manufacturing plants

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 269-277

  Yu, Vincent F ^a   Hu, Kuo Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fuzzy TOPSIS; MCDM; Performance evaluation; Voting method

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKERS; DONGGUAN; EVALUATION PROCESS; EVALUATION RESULTS; FUZZY ENVIRONMENTS; FUZZY TOPSIS; IMPRECISE DATA; MANUFACTURING PLANT; MULTI-CRITERIA APPROACH; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING PROBLEMS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; POWER SUPPLY; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SWITCH POWER; TECHNIQUE FOR ORDER PREFERENCE BY SIMILARITY TO IDEAL SOLUTIONS; TELECOM; TIANJIN , CHINA; VOTING METHOD;

DECISION MAKING; POWER SUPPLY CIRCUITS; UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SYSTEMS;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 76349111090     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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