Establishing the weights of performance criteria: Case studies in transportation facility management

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 619-631

  Sinha, Kumares C ^a   Patidar, Vandana ^b   Li, Zongzhi ^c   Labi, Samuel ^a   Thompson, Paul D ^d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Jacobs Consultancy   (United States)

^c Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assets; Bridge management; Decision making; Measurement; Multiple objective analysis; Transportation management; Weight

Indexed keywords

ASSETS; BRIDGE MANAGEMENT; MULTIPLE OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT; WEIGHT;

ASSET MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; HIGHWAY PLANNING; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; RESEARCH;

DECISION MAKING;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION MAKING; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

EID: 69249184717     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000039     Document Type: Review

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