An integrated interpretive structural modeling-fuzzy analytic network processbenefits, opportunities, costs and risks model for selecting technologies

International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 843-871

  Lee, Amy H I ^a   Kang, He Yau ^b   Chang, Chao Cheng ^b  

^a CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIN YI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

benefits, opportunities, costs, and risks (BOCR); flat panel; fuzzy analytic network process (FANP); Interpretive structural modeling (ISM); technology selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052559930     PISSN: 02196220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219622011004592     Document Type: Article

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