Selection of concrete pump using the superiority and inferiority ranking method

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 827-834

  Tam, C M ^a   Tong, Thomas K L ^a   Wong, Y W ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Decision making; Hong kong; Pumps

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; DECISION MAKING; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; PRODUCTIVITY; PUMPS; RELIABILITY;

CONCRETE PUMPS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTS (GDP); HONG KONG; INFERIORITY RANKING METHOD;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 13944271041     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2004)130:6(827)     Document Type: Article

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