A model for standardizing human decisions concerning service-contracts management

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 171-189

  Sundarraj, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process; Contracts and warranties; Electronic commerce; Heuristic; Services; World wide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646581665     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-006-7380-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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