Proposing a new hierarchical framework for the evaluation of quality management practices: a new combined fuzzy hybrid MCDM approach

Journal of Business Economics and Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-16

  Mardani, Abbas ^a   Jusoh, Ahmad ^a   Zavadskas, Edmundas Kazimieras ^b   Zakuan, Norhayati ^a   Valipour, Alireza ^a   Kazemilari, Mansooreh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

fuzzy Delphi method; fuzzy FAHP; fuzzy MCDM; quality management; SME's hotels; TOPSIS; VIKOR

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959342329     PISSN: 16111699     EISSN: 20294433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/16111699.2015.1061589     Document Type: Article

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