A computer-aided decision support system for assessing a contractor's competitiveness

Automation in Construction

Volumn 12, Issue 5 SPEC., 2003, Pages 577-587

  Shen, Liyin Y ^a   Lu, Weisheng ^b   Shen, Qiping ^a   Li, Heng ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

C CASS; Construction; Contractor competitiveness; Decision support system; Pre qualification

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COMPUTERS; CONTRACTS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

CONTRACTOR COMPETITIVENESS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 0042827946     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-5805(03)00020-7     Document Type: Article

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