Fuzzy multi-criteria evaluation of knowledge management tools

International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 184-195

  Büyüközkan, Gülçin ^a   Feyzioglu, Orhan ^a   Çifçi, Gizem ^a  

^a GALATASARAY UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fuzzy Delphi methodology; Fuzzy VIKOR; KM tools; Multi criteria analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DECISION MAKING; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

FUZZY DELPHI; FUZZY VIKOR; GROUP DECISION MAKING; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT TOOL; LINGUISTIC ASSESSMENT; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; MULTI-CRITERIA EVALUATION; SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES;

FUZZY LOGIC;

EID: 79955945415     PISSN: 18756891     EISSN: 18756883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18756891.2011.9727775     Document Type: Article

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