E-supplier selection using delphi, fuzzy AHP and SIR

European Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 481-509

  Alvandi, Mohsen ^a   Fazli, Safar ^a   Memarzade, Mostafa ^a  

^a IMAM KHOMEINI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Delphi; E supplier selection; E supply chain management; Fuzzy AHP; Fuzzy logic; SIR

Indexed keywords

EID: 84255214171     PISSN: 1450216X     EISSN: 1450202X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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