Fuzzy preference relations consensus approach to reduce conflicts on shared responsibilities in the owner managing contractor delivery system

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 137, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 609-618

  Elbarkouky, Mohamed M G ^a   Robinson Fayek, Aminah ^b  

^a Voice Construction Ltd   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Construction; Construction management; Contractors; Expert systems; Fuzzy sets; Owners; Project delivery

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS DEGREE; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EXPERT OPINION; FUZZY EXPERT; FUZZY PREFERENCE RELATIONS; FUZZY PREFERENCES; FUZZY SIMILARITY; IMPORTANCE WEIGHTS; INITIATION PHASE; OWNERS; PROJECT DELIVERY; PROJECT DELIVERY SYSTEMS; PROJECT EXECUTION; PROJECT TEAM; ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; SHARED RESPONSIBILITY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; LINGUISTICS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONTRACTORS;

EID: 80051737016     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000334     Document Type: Article

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