Robust Strategic Planning Employing Scenario Planning and Fuzzy Inference System

International Journal of Decision Support System Technology (IJDSST)

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 21-45

  Hanafizadeh, Payam ^a   Hashemi, Ali ^b   Parvin, Esmael Salahi ^a  

^a ALLAMEH TABATABA'I UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuzzy Inference System; Scenario Planning; Strategic Planning; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001777583     PISSN: 19416296     EISSN: 1941630X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jdsst.2009070102     Document Type: Article

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