An integrated artificial neural network Fuzzy C-Means-Normalization algorithm for performance assessment of decision-making units: The cases of auto industry and power plant

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 328-340

  Azadeh, A ^a   Saberi, M ^b   Anvari, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Artificial Neural Network (ANN); Auto industry; Fuzzy C Means; Normalization; Performance assessment; Power plant

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; AUTO INDUSTRY; FUZZY C MEAN; NORMALIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; FUZZY CLUSTERING; FUZZY SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; POWER PLANTS; RATING; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 78951477980     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2010.11.016     Document Type: Article

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