A fuzzy multi-criteria decision making model for supplier selection

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 8384-8391

  Dalalah, Doraid ^a   Hayajneh, Mohammed ^a   Batieha, Farhan ^b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b NutriDar Amman ^*  (Jordan)

Author keywords

Causal diagram; DEMATEL; Multi criteria group decision making; TOPSIS

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL DIAGRAM; DEGREE OF MEMBERSHIP; DEMATEL; EVALUATION CRITERIA; FUZZY - MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; FUZZY DISTANCE; FUZZY MODELS; HIGH CONTRAST; HYBRID MODEL; IDEAL POINTS; IDEAL SOLUTIONS; INDUSTRIAL CASE STUDY; MEMBERSHIP DEGREES; MODIFIED TOPSIS; MULTI CRITERIA GROUP DECISION MAKING; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMAL MEMBERSHIP DEGREE; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; SUPPLIER SELECTION; TOPSIS;

AIRFOILS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 79952452077     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2011.01.031     Document Type: Article

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