An Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Approach to Port Selection Decisions – Empirical Evidence from Nigerian Ports

Maritime Economics and Logistics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 251-266

  Ugboma, Chinonye ^a   Ugboma, Ogochukwu ^a   Ogwude, Innocent C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Nigerian ports; Shipper s decisions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748680903     PISSN: 14792931     EISSN: 1479294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.mel.9100160     Document Type: Article

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