New integrated approach to the problem of ranking and supplier selection under uncertainties

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 225, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1713-1724

  Tadic, D ^a   Milanovic, D D ^b   Misita, M ^b   Tadic, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

AHP; Multicriteria analysis; Supplier selection; TOPSIS

Indexed keywords

AHP; ANALYTIC HIERARCHICAL PROCESS; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; CRITICAL EFFECTS; DEVELOPED MODEL; EUROPEAN UNION; FUZZY RATING; FUZZY TECHNIQUES; HIGH-QUALITY PRODUCTS; INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LINGUISTIC EXPRESSIONS; LOWER COST; MANAGEMENT TEAM; MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS; MULTICRITERIA DECISION PROBLEM; PAIR-WISE COMPARISON; QUALITATIVE CRITERIA; SUPPLIER EVALUATIONS; SUPPLIER PERFORMANCE; SUPPLIER SELECTION; TOPSIS; TRIANGULAR FUZZY NUMBERS; UNCERTAIN ENVIRONMENTS; WEIGHT VECTOR;

COMPETITION; FUZZY SETS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; SALES;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION;

EID: 84855964003     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: 20412975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544054JEM2105     Document Type: Conference Paper

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