A new approach for supplier selection using fuzzy MCDM

International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 91-114

  Rostamzadeh, Reza ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

FAHP; Multi criteria decision making; Supplier selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905436486     PISSN: 17427967     EISSN: 17427975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLSM.2014.064026     Document Type: Article

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