A model for subcontractor selection in refurbishment projects

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 315-327

  Okoroh, M I ^a,b   Torrance, V B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Fuzzy logic; Knowledge based system; Refurbishment; Repertory grid; Subcontractors

Indexed keywords

EXPERT SYSTEMS; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SET THEORY; FUZZY SETS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LINGUISTICS;

CONSTRUCTION REFURBISHMENTS; ELICITATION METHODOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE-BASED EXPERT SYSTEMS; NATURAL LANGUAGE EXPRESSIONS; REFURBISHMENT; REFURBISHMENT PROJECTS; REPERTORY GRIDS; SUBCONTRACTORS;

CONTRACTORS;

EID: 0037603787     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461999371529     Document Type: Article

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