A hybrid fuzzy MCDM method for measuring the performance of publicly held pharmaceutical companies

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 589-621

  Tavana, Madjid ^a,b   Khalili Damghani, Kaveh ^c   Rahmatian, Rahman ^d  

^a LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Balanced scorecard; DEMATEL; Fuzzy ANP; Fuzzy DEA; Performance evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922370935     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-014-1738-8     Document Type: Article

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