A group decision support approach to evaluate experts for R&D project selection

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 158-170

  Sun, Yong Hong ^a   Ma, Jian ^a   Fan, Zhi Ping ^b   Wang, Jun ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Decision support systems (DSSs); Expert evaluation; Group decision making; R D project selection

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION MAKING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

EXPERT EVALUATION; GROUP DECISION MAKING; PROJECT SELECTION;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 39849083178     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2007.912934     Document Type: Article

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