A unicriterion analysis based on the PROMETHEE principles for multicriteria ordered clustering

Omega (United Kingdom)

Volumn 69, Issue , 2017, Pages 126-140

  Boujelben, Mohamed Ayman ^a  

^a University of Sfax   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Multicriteria ordered clustering; PROMETHEE; Supplier segmentation

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERING PROBLEMS; CLUSTERINGS; CONCEPT-BASED; MULTI-CRITERIA; MULTICRITERIUM ORDERED CLUSTERING; PAIR-WISE COMPARISON; PREFERENCE MODELS; PROMETHEE; SUPPLIER SEGMENTATION; TOTAL ORDERING;

EID: 84995475753     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2016.08.007     Document Type: Article

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