Analysis of interactions among sustainability supplier selection criteria using ISM and fuzzy DEMATEL

International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 270-294

  Mehregan, Mohammad Reza ^a   Hashemi, Seyed Hamid ^a   Karimi, Amir ^a   Merikhi, Babak ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b HSEQ Department   (Iran)

Author keywords

FDEMATEL; Fuzzy decision making trial and evaluation laboratory; Fuzzy theory; Interpretive structural modeling; ISM; Supplier selection; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; GAS INDUSTRY; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

FDEMATEL; FUZZY DECISION MAKING; FUZZY THEORY; INTERPRETIVE STRUCTURAL MODELING; SUPPLIER SELECTION;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84903961529     PISSN: 17558077     EISSN: 17558085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJADS.2014.063226     Document Type: Article

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