Multi-criteria decision-making for automobile purchase using an integrated analytical quality fuzzy (AQF) technique

International Journal of Services and Operations Management

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 136-167

  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; Car selection criteria; Fuzzy set theory; India; MCDM; Multi criteria decision making; QFD; Quality function deployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053027397     PISSN: 17442370     EISSN: 17442389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2011.042515     Document Type: Article

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