Justification of global positioning systems purchase using the analytic hierarchical process - The case of the Israeli Defense Force

Technovation

Volumn 18, Issue 6-7, 1998, Pages 409-424

  Israeli, Aviad A ^a   Mehrez, Abraham ^a,b   Bochen, Dov ^a   Hakim, David ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; NAVIGATION; OPTIMIZATION; TECHNOLOGY;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHICAL PROCESS; INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY; ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE;

PURCHASING;

EID: 0032083993     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4972(98)00011-X     Document Type: Article

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