A decision support model to incorporate public and expert opinions for assessing the privatization of public bus transit system: Application of ELECTRE for the bus system in Eskisehir, Turkey

Scientific Research and Essays

Volumn 6, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 4657-4664

  Yayla, Nadir ^a   Karacasu, Murat ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Decision support system; Electre method; Public bus operation; Public participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053617312     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19922248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/sre11.1289     Document Type: Article

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