Evaluating the service quality of airports in Thailand using fuzzy multi-criteria decision making method

Journal of Air Transport Management

Volumn 57, Issue , 2016, Pages 241-249

  Pandey, Mukesh Mohan ^a,b  

^a St Theresa International College   (Thailand)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRLINE INDUSTRY; AIRPORT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

THAILAND;

EID: 84985898147     PISSN: 09696997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2016.08.014     Document Type: Article

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