Combining the AHP and DEA methodologies for selecting the best alternative

International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 251-267

  Hadad, Yossi ^a   Hanani, Michael Z ^a  

^a SAMI SHAMOON COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (Israel)

Author keywords

AHP; Analytical hierarchical process; Canonical correlation analysis; CCA; Common weights; CW; Data envelopment analysis; DEA; GE; Global efficiency; MCDA; Multi criteria decision analysis; Ranking; Super efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961006345     PISSN: 17427967     EISSN: 17427975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLSM.2011.041687     Document Type: Article

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