Contractor selection using the analytic network process

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1021-1032

  Cheng, Eddie W L ^a   Li, Heng ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Analytic network process; Contractor selection; Multi criteria decision making

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTS; DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP); ANALYTIC NETWORK PROCESS (ANP); CONTRACTOR SELECTION; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING (MCDM);

PERSONNEL SELECTION;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; CONTRACTION; DECISION MAKING;

EID: 11944249373     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144619042000202852     Document Type: Article

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