Green supplier selection using fuzzy group decision making methods: A case study from the agri-food industry

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 89, Issue , 2018, Pages 337-347

  Banaeian, Narges ^a   Mobli, Hossein ^a   Fahimnia, Behnam ^b   Nielsen, Izabela Ewa ^c   Omid, Mahmoud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agri food industry; Environmental sustainability; Fuzzy set theory; GRA; Green supplier selection; TOPSIS; VIKOR

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FUZZY SETS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SET THEORY; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRI-FOOD INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GREEN SUPPLIER SELECTIONS; TOPSIS; VIKOR;

FUZZY SET THEORY;

EID: 84975865866     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cor.2016.02.015     Document Type: Article

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