Optimal location selection for an international distribution center by using a new hybrid method

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 7208-7221

  Kuo, Ming Shin ^a,b  

^a KAINAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL FORMOSA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

ANP; Fuzzy DEMATEL; Fuzzy environment; Fuzzy MCDM; TOPSIS

Indexed keywords

ANP; FUZZY DEMATEL; FUZZY ENVIRONMENT; FUZZY MCDM; TOPSIS;

DECISION MAKING; FUZZY SETS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LINGUISTICS; LOCATION; OPTIMIZATION; WAREHOUSES;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 79951579068     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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