Neural network application for supplier selection

International Journal of Product Development

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 252-275

  Golmohammadi, Davood ^a   Creese, Robert C ^b   Valian, Haleh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b West Virginia University   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

backpropagation; decision making; fuzzy sets; neural networks; supplier selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954424554     PISSN: 14779056     EISSN: 17418178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPD.2009.024200     Document Type: Article

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