A combined approach for supplier selection: Fuzzy AHP and Fuzzy VIKOR

Supplier selection VIKOR AHP Fuzzy set The aim of this study is applying a new integrated method for supplier selection. In this paper, the weights of each criterion are calculated using Fuzzy AHP method. After that, Fuzzy VIKOR is utilized to rank the alternatives. Then we select the best supplier based on these results. The outcome of this research is ranking and selecting supplier with the help of Fuzzy AHP and Fuzzy VIKOR techniques. This paper offers a new integrated method for supplier selection.

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