Multiple criteria assessment of pile-columns alternatives

Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 145-152

  Sušinskas, Saulius ^a   Zavadskas, Edmundas Kazimieras ^b   Turskis, Zenonas ^b  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^b VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Additive ratio assessment; Alternative; ARAS; Decision making; Entropy; Foundation; MCDM; Multiple criteria; Operation research; Pile columns; Weights

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054841241     PISSN: 1822427X     EISSN: 18224288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/bjrbe.2011.19     Document Type: Article

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