A hybrid group decision support system for supplier selection using analytic hierarchy process, fuzzy set theory and neural network

Journal of Computational Science

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages 23-33

  Kar, Arpan Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Fuzzy set theory; Group decision making; Hybrid methods; Multi criteria decision analysis; Neural networks; Supplier selection; Vendor selection

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FUZZY NEURAL NETWORKS; FUZZY SETS; GROUP THEORY; NEURAL NETWORKS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

GROUP DECISION MAKING; HYBRID METHOD; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; SUPPLIER SELECTION; VENDOR SELECTION;

FUZZY SET THEORY;

EID: 84913555661     PISSN: 18777503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocs.2014.11.002     Document Type: Article

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