Abstract

Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) has been employed by researchers for solving multi-criteria analysis problems. However, AHP is often criticized for its unbalanced scale of judgments and failure to precisely handle the inherent uncertainty and vagueness in carrying out the pair-wise comparisons. With an objective to address these drawbacks, in this paper, we employ a fuzzy approach in selecting potential recovery facilities in the strategic planning of a reverse supply chain network that addresses the decision maker's level of confidence in the fuzzy assessments and his/her attitude towards risk. A numerical example is considered to illustrate the methodology.

Notes

Originally published in the Proceedings of the SPIE International Conference on Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing V, Boston, Massachusetts, pp. 155-162, October 23-24, 2005

Keywords

Reverse supply chain, strategic planning, fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), Fuzzy numbers, Multi-Criteria analysis

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Production engineering

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Engineering

Publisher

SPIE

Publication Date

2005

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Copyright 2005, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers

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