Evaluation of supplier selection criteria by combination of AHP and fuzzy DEMATEL method

International Journal of Business Innovation and Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 359-392

  Raut, Rakesh D ^a   Bhasin, Harsh V ^a   Kamble, Sachin S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING NITIE   (India)

Author keywords

AHP; Analytical hierarchy process; Decision making trial and evaluation laboratory; DEMATEL; Fuzzy; MCDM; Multiple criteria decision making; Supplier selection criteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959985549     PISSN: 17510252     EISSN: 17510260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBIR.2011.041056     Document Type: Article

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