Evaluating the impact of decision making during construction on transport project outcome

Evaluation and Program Planning

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 369-380

  Polydoropoulou, Amalia ^a   Roumboutsos, Athena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Behavioral analysis; Decision making; Project evaluation; Project trade offs; Quality

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FIELD SURVEY; HOLISTIC APPROACH; MODELING; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; COST; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; GREECE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; STANDARD; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

CONSUMER SATISFACTION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; GREECE; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 70350273053     PISSN: 01497189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2009.06.016     Document Type: Article

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