Revisiting the supplier selection problem: An integrated approach for group decision support

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2762-2771

  Kar, Arpan Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT ROHTAK   (India)

Author keywords

Analytic Hierarchy Process; Group decision making; Mathematical programming; Purchasing; Supplier selection; Vendor selection

Indexed keywords

FUZZY ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; FUZZY GOAL PROGRAMMING; GEOMETRIC MEAN METHOD; GROUP DECISION MAKING; GROUP DECISION SUPPORTS; PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT; SUPPLIER SELECTION; VENDOR SELECTION;

AGGREGATES; ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GROUP THEORY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INTEGRATED CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; PURCHASING;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84890553947     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2013.10.009     Document Type: Article

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