Fuzzy statistical approach for vendor selection in supply Chain

International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 286-301

  Singh, Rajesh K ^a   Kumar, Pravin ^b   Gupta, Vikas ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN TRADE   (India)

^b DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c AERONAUTICAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (India)

Author keywords

Fuzzy logic; Linear programming; SC; Standard score (z score); Supply Chain; Vendor selection problem; Vsp

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956358566     PISSN: 17427967     EISSN: 17427975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLSM.2010.035036     Document Type: Article

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