Project Risk Assessment Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 46-52

  Mustafa, Mohammad A ^a   Al Bahar, Jamal F ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

construction management; decision modeling; project management; risk analysis; risk assessment; Risk management; risk models; the analytic hierarchy process

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES--BANGLADESH; CIVIL ENGINEERING--PROJECT MANAGEMENT; CONTRACTS; RISK STUDIES--ASSESSMENT;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; JAMUNA MULTIPURPOSE BRIDGE, BANGLADESH; PROJECT RISK ASSESSMENT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 0026106979     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: 15580040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.65759     Document Type: Article

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