Bid/no-bid decision-making - A fuzzy linguistic approach

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 585-593

  Lin, Ching Torng ^a   Chen, Ying Te ^a  

^a PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bid no bid decision; Fuzzy linguistic; Project management; Risk management

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; FUZZY SETS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

AIRPLANE PROJECT; CONTRACTORS; SCREENING DESIGNS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

DECISION MAKING; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 3342977741     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2004.01.005     Document Type: Article

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