3PL selection using hybrid model of AHP-PROMETHEE

International Journal of Services and Operations Management

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 373-397

  Bansal, Ankit ^a   Kumar, Pravin ^a  

^a DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

3PL; AHP; Analytic hierarchy process; MCDM; Multi criteria decision making; Preference ranking organisation method for enrichment evaluation; PROMETHEE

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874125200     PISSN: 17442370     EISSN: 17442389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2013.052096     Document Type: Article

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