Hybrid multiple-criteria decision-making methods: A review of applications in engineering

Scientia Iranica

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-20

  Zavadskas, E K ^a   Antucheviciene, J ^a   Turskis, Z ^a   Adeli, H ^b  

^a VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Engineering; Engineering economic; Hybrid MCDM; Industrial engineering; Literature review; MCDM

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; PAPER; REVIEWS;

DECISION-MAKING METHOD; ENGINEERING ECONOMICS; ENGINEERING PROBLEMS; HYBRID MCDM; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MCDM; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; RESEARCH DOMAINS; 'CURRENT; DECISIONS MAKINGS; HYBRID MULTIPLE-CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING; NEW APPROACHES;

DECISION MAKING;

DATABASE; DECISION MAKING; ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY; LITERATURE REVIEW; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH WORK;

EID: 85013663383     PISSN: 10263098     EISSN: 23453605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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