Decision to bid or not to bid: A data envelopment analysis approach

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-44

  El Mashaleh, Mohammad S ^a  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Bid no bid; Data envelopment analysis

Indexed keywords

BID-NO-BID; CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS; NON-PARAMETRIC; SELECTION DECISIONS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTORS; DATA HANDLING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; LINEARIZATION;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS;

BENCHMARKING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DATABASE; DECISION MAKING; LINEAR PROGRAMING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 75849128025     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/L09-119     Document Type: Article

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