Sustainability assessment using fuzzy-inference technique (SAFT): A methodology toward green products

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 56, Issue , 2016, Pages 69-79

  Sabaghi, Mahdi ^a   Mascle, Christian ^a   Baptiste, Pierre ^a   Rostamzadeh, Reza ^b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fuzzy AHP; Fuzzy expert system; Green product; Shannon's entropy; Sustainability index; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENTROPY; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FUZZY RULES; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; USER INTERFACES;

FUZZY AHP; FUZZY EXPERT SYSTEMS; GREEN PRODUCTS; SHANNON'S ENTROPY; SUSTAINABILITY INDEX;

FUZZY INFERENCE;

EID: 84962266473     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2016.02.038     Document Type: Article

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