A fuzzy MCDM model of service performance for container ports

Scientific Research and Essays

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 559-566

  Ding, Ji Feng ^a   Chou, Chien Chang ^b  

^a CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Container ports; Fuzzy MCDM; Service performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952119600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19922248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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