Fuzzy multi-criteria selection of science parks for start-up companies

International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 217-227

  Ustundag, Alp ^a   Serdar Kilinc, Mehmet ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fuzzy AHP; Multi criteria decision making; Science park; Start up company

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING;

DECISION CRITERIONS; DECISION PROBLEMS; FUZZY AHP; FUZZY ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; QUANTITATIVE FACTORS; SCIENCE PARK; START-UP COMPANIES;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 79955974161     PISSN: 18756891     EISSN: 18756883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18756891.2011.9727778     Document Type: Article

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