Application of fuzzy multi-attribute decision making in determining the critical path by using time, cost, risk, and quality criteria

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 393-401

  Amiri, Maghsoud ^a   Golozari, Farhaneh ^b  

^a ALLAMEH TABATABA'I UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND CULTURE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Activity; Critical path; Fuzzy number; Linguistic variable; Multi attribute decision making; Quality

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY; CRITICAL PATH; FUZZY NUMBER; LINGUISTIC VARIABLE; MULTI-ATTRIBUTE DECISION MAKING; QUALITY;

ALGORITHMS; FUZZY RULES; FUZZY SETS; LINGUISTICS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 79955646762     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-010-2928-4     Document Type: Article

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