Systematic budget allocation for transportation construction projects: A case in Taiwan

Transportation

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 331-361

  Teng, Junn Yuan ^a   Huang, Wen Chih ^b   Lin, Maw Cherng ^c  

^a HUAFAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAINAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fuzzy MCDM; Group decision; Project selection; Public sector investment; Systematic budget allocation; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

BUDGET ALLOCATION; FUZZY MCDM; GROUP DECISION; PROJECT SELECTION; PUBLIC SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR INVESTMENT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INVESTMENTS;

BUDGET CONTROL;

FUZZY MATHEMATICS; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; INVESTMENT LOCATION; MODEL; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

TAIWAN;

EID: 77950459241     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-009-9239-3     Document Type: Article

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