Evaluation of Indian B2C E-shopping websites under multi criteria decision-making using fuzzy hybrid technique

International Journal of Applied Engineering Research

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 24551-24580

  Dey, Sandipan ^a   Jana, Biswajit ^a   Gourisaria, Mahendra Kumar ^a   Mohanty, Sachi Nandan ^a   Chatterjee, Rajdeep ^a  

^a KIIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

AHP; E commerce; Fuzzy topsis; Multi criteria decision making (MCDM); Web shopping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934962746     PISSN: 09734562     EISSN: 09739769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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