Performance evaluation of aircraft maintenance staff using a fuzzy MCDM approach

International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3919-3937

  Wu, Hung Yi ^a   Chen, Jui Kuei ^b   Chen, I Shuo ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Airline; Fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP); MCDM; Performance evaluation; Vlsekriterijumska optimizacija i kompromisno resenje (VIKOR)

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE; AVIATION SAFETY; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; COMPETITIVE PRESSURE; EVALUATION CRITERIA; FLIGHT SAFETY; FUZZY ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; FUZZY MCDM; MCDM; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION MODELS; RELATIVE WEIGHTS; STAFF MEMBERS; VLSEKRITERIJUMSKA OPTIMIZACIJA I KOMPROMISNO RESENJE (VIKOR); WORK QUALITY;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRCRAFT; ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; COMPETITION; INDUSTRY; MAINTENANCE; RESEARCH;

VEHICLE PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84861394747     PISSN: 13494198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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