A new approach for selecting slightly non‐homogeneous vendors

Journal of Advances in Management Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 144-153

  Farzipoor Saen, Reza ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Decision making; Modelling; Selection; Vendors

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952884206     PISSN: 09727981     EISSN: 20493207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09727980911007172     Document Type: Article

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