A decision analysis framework for prioritizing a portfolio of ICT infrastructure projects

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 479-495

  Angelou, Georgios N ^a   Economides, Anastasios A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process (AHP); Cost benefit analysis; Information and communications technologies (ICT); Multicriteria decision making

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; ECONOMICS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INVESTMENTS; TECHNOLOGY;

ANALYSIS RESULTS; ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP); CASE STUDIES; DECISION ANALYSIS; ICT INFRASTRUCTURE; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES (ICT); MULTI OBJECTIVES; MULTI-CRITERIA MODEL; MULTICRITERIA DECISION MAKING; QUALITATIVE FACTORS; REAL OPTIONS;

FINANCE;

EID: 49149121299     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2008.922649     Document Type: Article

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