Maintenance strategy selection using AHP and COPRAS under fuzzy environment;Priežiūros strategijos parinkimas taikant AHP ir COPRAS metodus neapibrėžtose situacijose

International Journal of Strategic Property Management

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-104

  Fouladgar, Mohammad Majid ^a   Yazdani Chamzini, Abdolreza ^a   Lashgari, Ali ^a   Zavadskas, Edmundas Kazimieras ^b   Turskis, Zenonas ^b  

^a Department of Strategic Management   (Iran)

^b VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

AHP; COPRAS; Fuzzy set theory; Maintenance strategy; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865657852     PISSN: 1648715X     EISSN: 16489179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/1648715X.2012.666657     Document Type: Article

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