Using data envelopment analysis and analytical hierarchy process model to evaluate flexible manufacturing systems

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 6461-6469

  Rezaie, Kamran ^a   Nazari Shirkouhi, Salman ^a   Alem, Seyed Mostafa ^a   Hatami Shirkouhi, Loghman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process; Data envelopment analysis; Flexible manufacturing system

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951564310     PISSN: 19918178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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