A fuzzy approach for assessing contractors' competitiveness

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 234-247

  Tan, Yongtao ^a   Shen, Li Yin ^a   Langston, Craig ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competitive strategy; Construction industry; Fuzzy control; Hong Kong; Linguistics

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT PROCESS; COMPETITION STRATEGY; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; COMPETITIVE STRATEGY; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; FUZZY APPROACH; FUZZY NUMBERS; HONG KONG CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; HONG-KONG; INTERNAL ANALYSIS; LINGUISTIC TERMS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTORS; FUZZY CONTROL; FUZZY SETS; LINGUISTICS; RATING;

COMPETITION;

EID: 79955677651     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09699981111126151     Document Type: Article

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