A decision support model for the selection of best value information technology procurement method

Electronic Journal of Information Technology in Construction

Volumn 13, Issue , 2008, Pages 224-243

  Perera, Srinath ^a   Karunasena, Gayani ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Decision support model; Information technology Procurement methods; Value matrices

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER NETWORKS; CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; FINANCE; INDUSTRY; INVESTMENTS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNOLOGY; VALUE ENGINEERING;

(OTDR) TECHNOLOGY; BEST VALUE; CONSTRUCTION ORGANIZATIONS; DECISION SUPPORT MODEL (DSM); DECISION SUPPORTS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT); INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) PROCUREMENT; IT INVESTMENTS; IT PROCUREMENTS; KNOWLEDGE REPOSITORIES; OBJECT ORIENTED (OO) MODELING; PROCUREMENT METHODS; PROCUREMENT PRACTICES; SRI LANKA; VALUE-BASED;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 45149115110     PISSN: 14036835     EISSN: 14006529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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