A contrast between DEMATEL-ANP and ANP methods for six sigma project selection: A case study in healthcare industry

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Ortíz, Miguel A ^a   Felizzola, Heriberto A ^b   Isaza, Santiago Nieto ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA COSTA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SALLE   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL NORTE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Analytic Network process (ANP); Decision making trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL); Healthcare; Six Sigma project selection

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HUMAN; MODEL; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PROBABILITY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84977263939     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-15-S3-S3     Document Type: Article

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