Selection of handling of route in postharvest supply chain using Fuzzy Delphi method and dynamic programming

Journal of Applied Sciences Research

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 4207-4214

  Tipmontian, Jedsada ^a   Suryaprakasa Rao, K ^a   Rajmohan, M ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; Food quality management; Fuzzy logic; Optimization; Postharvest technology; Supply chain risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872531149     PISSN: 1816157X     EISSN: 1819544X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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