A new fuzzy TOPSIS method based on left and right scores: An application for determining an industrial zone for dairy products factory

Applied Soft Computing Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2496-2505

  Mokhtarian, M N ^a   Hadi Vencheh, A ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dairy products factory; Facility location selection; Fuzzy sets; Left and right scores; MCDM; TOPSIS

Indexed keywords

FACILITY LOCATION SELECTION; FACILITY LOCATIONS; FUZZY MCDM; FUZZY NUMBERS; FUZZY TOPSIS; INDUSTRIAL ZONES; LEFT AND RIGHT SCORES; LINGUISTIC ASSESSMENT; MCDM; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING PROBLEMS; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; QUALITATIVE CRITERIA; REAL APPLICATIONS; TOPSIS;

DAIRY PRODUCTS; FUZZY SETS; INDUSTRY; LOCATION;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84861859498     PISSN: 15684946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2012.03.042     Document Type: Article

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