A fuzzy quality function deployment approach to enterprise resource planning software selection

Asian Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 114-128

  Zahedi, Mohammad Reza ^a   Yousefi, Same ^b   Cheshmberah, Mohsen ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Enterprise resource planning (ERP); Fuzzy suitability index (FSI); House of quality (HOQ); Quality function deployment (QFD); Software selection process; Triangular fuzzy numbers (TFNs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960170912     PISSN: 19921454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ajsr.2011.114.128     Document Type: Article

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