Integrating fuzzy analytic hierarchy process with PROMETHEE method for total quality management consultant selection

Production and Manufacturing Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 380-399

  Kabir, Golam ^a   Sumi, Razia Sultana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b JAGANNATH UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

analytic hierarchy process; consultant selection; fuzzy set theory; multi criteria decision making; PROMETHEE; total quality management

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; COMPETITION; FUZZY SET THEORY; QUALITY CONTROL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CONSULTANT SELECTION; FUZZY ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; FUZZY ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING METHODS; PREFERENCE RANKING ORGANIZATION METHOD FOR ENRICHMENT EVALUATIONS; PROMETHEE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENTS (TQM);

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84977118059     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21693277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21693277.2014.895689     Document Type: Article

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