Applying Multiple-Criteria Decision Making methods for developing Information Technology industry

International Journal of Information and Decision Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 115-131

  Fazlollahtabar, Hamed ^a,b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (Iran)

Author keywords

AHP; analytical hierarchical procedure; ANOVA; entropy method; information and communication technology; MCDM; multi criteria decision making; one way analysis of variance

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054830556     PISSN: 17567017     EISSN: 17567025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJIDS.2008.020051     Document Type: Article

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