Integrated multiple-criteria decision-making method to prioritize transportation projects

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2174, 2010, Pages 51-57

  Shelton, Jeffrey ^a   Medina, Michael ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

^b El Paso Metropolitan Planning Organization   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

DECISION MAKERS; DECISION-MAKING METHOD; DECISION-MAKING PROCESS; FUNDINGS; MULTIPLE CONSTRAINT; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; NUMERICAL VALUES; PRIORITIZATION; TECHNIQUE FOR ORDER PREFERENCE BY SIMILARITIES TO IDEAL SOLUTIONS; TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS;

EID: 78651323035     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2174-08     Document Type: Article

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