Selection of internet assessment vendor using TOPSIS method in fuzzy environment

International Journal of Business Performance and Supply Chain Modelling

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-27

  Datta, Saurav ^a   Samantra, Chitrasen ^a   Mahapatra, Siba Sankar ^a   Mondal, Goutam ^b   Chakraborty, Partha Sarathi ^c   Majumdar, Gautam ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b TATA MOTORS LTD   (India)

^c JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Fuzzy set; Internet assessment vendor; TOPSIS; Vendor selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908260182     PISSN: 17589401     EISSN: 1758941X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBPSCM.2013.051645     Document Type: Article

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