Performance optimisation of mammography clinics with non-crisp inputs by an integrated fuzzy simulation approach

International Journal of Services and Operations Management

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 514-531

  Azadeh, Ali ^a   Rouhollah, Fatemeh ^b   Tavasoli, Yashar ^a   Abdollahi, Mohammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fuzzy logic; Fuzzy simulation; Mammography clinics; Optimisation; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910669566     PISSN: 17442370     EISSN: 17442389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2014.065672     Document Type: Article

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