A multiobjective optimization model for project selection with probabilistic considerations

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 297-313

  Gabriel, Steven A ^a   Kumar, Satheesh ^a   Ordóñez, Javier ^a   Nasserian, Amirali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Multi criteria decision making; Optimization; Project risk management; Project selection; Systems approach

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33747766126     PISSN: 00380121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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