Which procurement system? Towards a universal procurement selection technique

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 71-89

  Skitmore, R M ^a   Marsden, D E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Eric Wright Civil Engineering Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

decision aids; discriminant analysis; multi attribute analysis; post hoc hypotheses; Procurement; statistical analysis; utility

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS;

BUILDING PROJECTS; CONCORDANCE ANALYSIS; DECISION PROCESS; DISCRIMINANT FUNCTIONS; MULTI-ATTRIBUTES; QUALITY CRITERIA; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SELECTION TECHNIQUES;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 67651079207     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446198800000008     Document Type: Article

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