Multicriteria methodology for the evaluation of a Greek engineering department

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 223-240

  Politis, Y ^a   Siskos, Y ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Customer satisfaction; Education; Institutional evaluation; Multicriteria analysis

Indexed keywords

COSTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERSONNEL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; STUDENTS;

INSTITUTIONAL EVALUATIONS; LABOR MARKET; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 1242298455     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(02)00902-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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