Integrating websites with social media – An approach for group decision support

Journal of Decision Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 339-353

  Kar, Arpan Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

analytic hierarchy process; Delphi method; fuzzy set theory; group decision making; social media

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FUZZY SET THEORY; FUZZY SETS; INTEGRATION; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); WEBSITES;

CONTENT PUBLISHING; DELPHI METHOD; GROUP DECISION MAKING; GROUP DECISION SUPPORTS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MARKETING OBJECTIVE; OPERATIONAL STRATEGIES; SOCIAL MEDIA;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84938962452     PISSN: 12460125     EISSN: 21167052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/12460125.2015.969585     Document Type: Article

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