An integrated AHP-DEA methodology for bridge risk assessment

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 513-525

  Wang, Ying Ming ^a   Liu, Jun ^b   Elhag, Taha M S ^c  

^a FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Bridge risk assessment; Data envelopment analysis; Maintenance priority

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

BRIDGE RISK ASSESSMENT; MAINTENANCE PRIORITY; SIMPLE ADDITIVE WEIGHTING (SAW);

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 38849142595     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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