A fuzzy MCDM approach for choosing a tourism destination in Portugal

International Journal of Business and Systems Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 23-44

  Genç, Tolga ^a,b   Filipe, José António ^c  

^a NEAR EAST UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^c INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fuzzy TOPSIS; MCDM; Multi criteria decision making; Portugal; Tourism destination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953212077     PISSN: 1751200X     EISSN: 17512018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBSR.2016.073688     Document Type: Article

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