Evaluating the service requirements of Taiwanese international port distribution centres using IPA model based on fuzzy AHP

International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 632-651

  Hsu, Wen Kai K ^a   Huang, Show Hui S ^b  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b SHU TE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

AHP; Fuzzy logic; International port distribution centre; IPDC; Service requirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907273610     PISSN: 17566517     EISSN: 17566525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSTL.2014.064921     Document Type: Article

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