A fuzzy multi criteria approach for evaluating green supplier's performance in green supply chain with linguistic preferences

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 74, Issue , 2013, Pages 170-179

  Shen, Lixin ^c   Olfat, Laya ^a   Govindan, Kannan ^b   Khodaverdi, Roohollah ^a   Diabat, Ali ^d  

^a ALLAMEH TABATABA'I UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c DALIAN MARITIME UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Environmental performance; Fuzzy set theory; Green supply chain management; Supplier selection; TOPSIS

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FUZZY SET THEORY; FUZZY SETS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LINGUISTICS; QUALITY CONTROL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; MULTI-CRITERIA APPROACH; STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS; SUPPLIER SELECTION; SUPPLIER SELECTION PROCESS; TOPSIS;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

ATTENTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PERCEPTION;

EID: 85028269863     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2012.09.006     Document Type: Article

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