A state-of the-art survey of TOPSIS applications

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 39, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 13051-13069

  Behzadian, Majid ^a   Khanmohammadi Otaghsara, S ^b   Yazdani, Morteza ^b   Ignatius, Joshua ^c  

^a Industrial Engineering Department   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Application areas; Literature review; MCDA; MCDM; TOPSIS

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE; MARKETING; PERSONNEL; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS; WATER RESOURCES;

APPLICATION AREA; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MCDA; MCDM; TOPSIS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84865008381     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2012.05.056     Document Type: Review

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