Partner selection in agile supply chains: A fuzzy intelligent approach

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 821-839

  Wu, Chong ^a   Barnes, David ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agile supply chains; artificial neural network; fuzzy set theory; partner selection

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; NEURAL NETWORKS; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

AGILE SUPPLY CHAINS; ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS; EQUIPMENT INDUSTRIES; INTANGIBLE FACTORS; PARTNER SELECTION; POTENTIAL PARTNERS; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS; SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE;

FUZZY SET THEORY;

EID: 84900839727     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537287.2013.766037     Document Type: Article

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