Contractor selection in government procurement auctions: A case study

European Journal of Industrial Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 170-186

  Padhi, Sidhartha Siladitya ^a   Mohapatra, Pratap Kumar Jagadev ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Contractor selection; Fuzzy AHP SMART; Fuzzy analytical hierarchical process and simple multi attribute ranking technique; Government procurement; Government procurement auction

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; REGIONAL PLANNING;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHICAL PROCESS; CONTRACTOR SELECTION; FUZZY AHP; GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT; MULTI-ATTRIBUTES; PRESENT STATUS; RURAL DEVELOPMENT;

CONTRACTORS;

EID: 62149118369     PISSN: 17515254     EISSN: 17515262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EJIE.2009.023604     Document Type: Article

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