A credibility-based fuzzy location model with Hurwicz criteria for the design of distribution systems in B2C e-commerce

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 873-886

  Lau, H C W ^a   Jiang, Zhong Zhong ^b   Ip, W H ^c   Wang, Dingwei ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

B2C e commerce; Credibility measure; Fuzzy location model; Fuzzy programming; Logistics; Meta heuristics

Indexed keywords

B2C E-COMMERCE; CREDIBILITY MEASURE; FUZZY LOCATION MODEL; FUZZY PROGRAMMING; META HEURISTICS;

COMPETITION; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DESIGN; FUZZY SYSTEMS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO); SALES; TURBULENCE;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 78049361602     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2010.08.018     Document Type: Article

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