Selection of maintenance actions using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP): Decision-making in railway infrastructure

Structure and Infrastructure Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 467-479

  Nyström, Birre ^a   Söderholm, Peter ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process (AHP); Maintenance allocation; Multi criteria decision making; Railway infrastructure management

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION MAKERS; MAINTENANCE ACTION; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; MUTUAL LEARNING; RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE; RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MAINTENANCE; MANAGERS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 77951635509     PISSN: 15732479     EISSN: 17448980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15732470801990209     Document Type: Article

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