Fuzzy AHP approach for selecting the suitable bridge construction method

Automation in Construction

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 958-965

  Pan, Nang Fei ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bridge construction; Expert knowledge; Fuzzy analytical hierarchy process; Fuzzy set theory; Multi criteria decision making

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; BRIDGES; CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; NUMBER THEORY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

(E ,3E) PROCESS; AHP METHOD; ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP); BRIDGE CONSTRUCTIONS; CASE STUDIES; CUT CONCEPT; ELSEVIER (CO); FUZZY AHP; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING (MCDM); TRAPEZOIDAL FUZZY NUMBERS;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 45849109218     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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