Multi-criteria decision-making model for whole life costing design

Structure and Infrastructure Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 441-452

  Wang, Nannan ^a  

^a EC Harris LLP   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building design; Fuzzy decision making; Fuzzy logic; Multi criteria decision making; Whole life costing

Indexed keywords

BUILDING DESIGN; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DECISION-MAKING PROBLEM; DESIGN PROCESS; FUZZY DECISION MAKING; FUZZY MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING; IN-BUILDINGS; INTERVIEW SURVEY; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; MULTIPLE CRITERIA; WHOLE LIFE COSTING;

FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; SURVEYS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 79751521722     PISSN: 15732479     EISSN: 17448980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15732470802670875     Document Type: Article

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