A hybrid approach integrating Affinity Diagram, AHP and fuzzy TOPSIS for sustainable city logistics planning

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 573-584

  Awasthi, Anjali ^a   Chauhan, Satyaveer S ^b  

^a Concordia University ^*  (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affinity Diagram; AHP; City logistics; Fuzzy TOPSIS; Multicriteria decision making; Sustainability evaluation

Indexed keywords

AFFINITY DIAGRAM; AHP; CITY LOGISTICS; FUZZY TOPSIS; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING;

DECISION MAKING; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; LINGUISTICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; WAREHOUSES;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 80053571952     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2011.07.033     Document Type: Article

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