An integrated DEMATEL and Fuzzy ANP techniques for evaluation and selection of outsourcing provider for a telecommunication company

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 86, Issue , 2014, Pages 137-146

  Uygun, Özer ^a   Kaçamak, Hasan ^a   Kahraman, Ünal Atakan ^a  

^a SAKARYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

DEMATEL; Fuzzy ANP; Multi criteria decision making (MCDM); Outsourcing evaluation

Indexed keywords

OUTSOURCING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CAUSE-AND-EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS; CAUSE-EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS; DEMATEL; FUZZY ANP; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING METHODS; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING TECHNIQUE; TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANIES;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84938085797     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2014.09.014     Document Type: Article

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