Title
An integrated model for green supplier selection under fuzzy environment: application of data envelopment analysis and genetic programming approach.
Abstract
Supplier evaluation plays a critical role in a successful supply chain management. Hence, the evaluation and selection of the right suppliers have become a central decision of manufacturing business activities around the world. Consequently, numerous individual and integrated methods have been presented to evaluate and select suppliers. The current literature shows that hybrid artificial intelligence (AI)-based models have received much attention for supplier evaluation. Integrated data envelopment analysis–artificial neural network (DEA–ANN) is one of the combined methods that have recently garnered great attention from academics and practitioners. However, DEA–ANN model has some drawbacks, which make some limitation in the evaluation process. In this study, we aim at improving the previous DEA–AI models by integrating the Kourosh and Arash method as a robust model of DEA with a new AI approach namely genetic programming (GP) to overcome the shortcomings of previous DEA–AI models in supplier selection. Indeed, in this paper, GP provides a robust nonlinear mathematical equation for the suppliers’ efficiency using the determined criteria. To validate the model, adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system as a powerful tool was used to compare the result with GP-based model. In addition, parametric analysis and unseen data set were used to validate the precision of the model.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1007/s00521-015-1890-3
Neural Computing and Applications
Keywords
Field
DocType
Green supplier selection, Data envelopment analysis (DEA), Artificial intelligence, Genetic programming (GP), Parametric analysis
Parametric analysis,Business activities,Fuzzy logic,Operations research,Genetic programming,Supply chain management,Data envelopment analysis,Artificial neural network,Mathematics,Supplier evaluation
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
27
3
1433-3058
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
17
0.62
44
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
alireza fallahpour1463.34
Ezutah Udoncy Olugu21087.71
Siti Nurmaya Musa3664.00
Dariush Khezrimotlagh4353.00
Kuan Yew Wong558234.76