A new model for supplier selection by an integrated method FAHP-IFTOPSIS

International Journal of Business Performance and Supply Chain Modelling

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 91-110

  Ahmadi, Mostafa ^a   Kantardjian, Sarkis L ^a  

^a YEREVAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Armenia)

Author keywords

FAHP; Intuitionistic fuzzy set; Scm; Supplier selection; Supply chain management; TOPSIS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930419930     PISSN: 17589401     EISSN: 1758941X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBPSCM.2012.048279     Document Type: Article

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