Combining Fuzzy AHP and Fuzzy TOPSIS with Financial Ratios to Design a Novel Performance Evaluation Model

International Journal of Fuzzy Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 248-262

  Shaverdi, Meysam ^a   Ramezani, Iman ^b   Tahmasebi, Reza ^c   Rostamy, Ali Asghar Anvary ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^d TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Financial ratios; Fuzzy AHP (FAHP); Fuzzy TOPSIS; Multi criteria decision making (MCDM); Performance evaluation

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FINANCE;

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; FINANCIAL RATIOS; FUZZY AHP; FUZZY-TOPSIS; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; MULTICRITERIA DECISION-MAKING; MULTICRITERION DECISION MAKINGS; PERFORMANCES EVALUATION;

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 84962320856     PISSN: 15622479     EISSN: 21993211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40815-016-0142-8     Document Type: Article

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