Equity metrics with risk, performance, and cost objectives for the prioritization of transportation projects

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 539-547

  Joshi, Nilesh N ^a   Lambert, James H ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversification; Equity metrics; Multiobjective combinatorial optimization; Network analysis; Transportation planning

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INVESTMENTS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EQUITY METRICS; MULTIOBJECTIVE COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34547893425     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2007.900790     Document Type: Article

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