Framework for benchmarking online retailing performance using fuzzy AHP and TOPSIS method

International Journal of Industrial Engineering Computations

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 561-576

  Kabir, Golam ^a   Hasin, M Ahsan Akhtar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Fuzzy AHP; On line retail service providers; TOPSIS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871271248     PISSN: 19232926     EISSN: 19232934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5267/j.ijiec.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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