A multi-criteria decision making approach for location planning for urban distribution centers under uncertainty

Mathematical and Computer Modelling

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 98-109

  Awasthi, Anjali ^a   Chauhan, S S ^b   Goyal, S K ^b  

^a Concordia University ^*  (Canada)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fuzzy TOPSIS; Location planning; Multi criteria decision making; Urban distribution center

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION CENTERS; DISTRIBUTION COSTS; EVALUATION CRITERIA; FUZZY THEORY; FUZZY TOPSIS; GOODS MOVEMENT; LOCATION PLANNING; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION; NUMERICAL APPLICATIONS; URBAN AREAS; URBAN DISTRIBUTION; URBAN DISTRIBUTION CENTERS;

DECISION MAKING; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; FUZZY LOGIC; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; REGIONAL PLANNING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAREHOUSES;

LOCATION;

EID: 77958459017     PISSN: 08957177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcm.2010.07.023     Document Type: Article

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