Which contractor selection methodology?

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 153-164

  Holt, Gary D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction tenders; Contractor evaluation; Contractor selection; Decisional modelling theory

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION; DECISION THEORY; FUZZY SETS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BESPOKE APPROACHES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTRACTOR SELECTION; MULTI ATTRIBUTE ANALYSIS; MULTI ATTRIBUTE UTILITY THEORY; MULTIVARIATE DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032098746     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-7863(97)00035-5     Document Type: Article

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