Multi-attribute group decision making model under the condition of uncertain information

Automation in Construction

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 792-797

  Lin, Yong Huang ^a   Lee, Pin Chan ^a   Chang, Ta Peng ^a   Ting, Hsin I ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b CTCI CORPORATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Grey number; Group decision support; Minkowski distance function; Multi attribute decision making; TOPSIS

Indexed keywords

BINARY SEQUENCES; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

GREY NUMBER; MINKOWSKI DISTANCE FUNCTION; MULTI-ATTRIBUTE DECISION MAKING;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 41949126155     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2008.02.011     Document Type: Article

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