Fuzzy-based sustainable manufacturing assessment model for SMEs

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 847-860

  Singh, Sujit ^a   Olugu, Ezutah Udoncy ^a   Fallahpour, Alireza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Fuzzy inference system; Small and medium scale enterprises; Sustainability assessment; Sustainable manufacturing

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUZZY INFERENCE; FUZZY SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE;

FUZZY INFERENCE SYSTEMS; LINGUISTIC VARIABLE; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE; SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISE; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS; SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING; TRADITIONAL MANUFACTURING;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84905640077     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-013-0676-5     Document Type: Article

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