A MCGP decision aid for homebuyers to make the best choice

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 969-983

  Chang, Ching Ter ^a   Ku, Cheng Yuan ^b   Ho, Hui Ping ^b,c   Liao, Chechen ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHIENKUO TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Housing decision; Multi choice goal programming; Optimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954611809     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-010-9408-7     Document Type: Article

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