Developing location indicators for Agricultural Service Center: a Delphi–TOPSIS–FAHP approach

Production and Manufacturing Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 124-148

  Zangeneh, Morteza ^a   Akram, Asadolah ^a   Nielsen, Peter ^b   Keyhani, Alireza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agricultural Service Centers (ASC); attributes; location; objectives; service

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; SUPPLY CHAINS; SURVEYS;

ATTRIBUTES; FUZZY ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESSES (AHP); LOCATION SELECTION; MULTI-CHOICE GOAL PROGRAMMING; OBJECTIVES; PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT; SERVICE; SERVICE CENTER;

LOCATION;

EID: 84977070670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21693277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21693277.2015.1013582     Document Type: Article

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