A clustering algorithm for supplier base management

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 48, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 3803-3821

  Parmar, Darshit ^a   Wu, Teresa ^a   Callarman, Tom ^b   Fowler, John ^a   Wolfe, Philip ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

Author keywords

Data mining; Rough set theory; Supplier base management

Indexed keywords

CATEGORICAL DATA CLUSTERING; CLUSTERING PROCESS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; SUPPLIER BASE; SUPPLIER BASE MANAGEMENT;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; DATA MINING; MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ROUGH SET THEORY;

EID: 77952635076     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540902942891     Document Type: Article

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