Application of fuzzy VIKOR for evaluation of green supply chain management practices

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 188-203

  Rostamzadeh, Reza ^a   Govindan, Kannan ^b   Esmaeili, Ahmad ^c   Sabaghi, Mahdi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c ALLAMEH TABATABA'I UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fuzzy sets; Green supply chain indicator practice; MCDM; VIKOR

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FUZZY SETS;

GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN; GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; MCDM; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION MODELS; VIKOR; VLSEKRITERIJUMSKA OPTIMIZACIJA I KOMPROMISNO RESENJE (VIKOR);

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SUSTAINABILITY;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 84910101394     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.09.045     Document Type: Article

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