Analytic network process - An overview of applications in research and practice

International Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 172-213

  Hülle, Judith ^a   Kaspar, Ralf ^b   Möller, Klaus ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^d CEPRA Center for Performance Research and Analytics   (Germany)

Author keywords

AHP; Analytic hierarchy process; Analytic network process; ANP; Application overview; Bibliometric study; MCDM; Multiple criteria decision making; Operational research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873364297     PISSN: 17457645     EISSN: 17457653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJOR.2013.051788     Document Type: Article

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