Safety of technological projects using multi-criteria decision making methods

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 177-183

  Dejus, Titas ^a  

^a VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Construction site; Dangerous factors; Labour safety; Multi criteria method; Technology project

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION SITES; CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGIES; DANGEROUS FACTORS; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; MULTI-CRITERIA; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; MULTI-CRITERIA METHOD; SAFETY DESIGN; SAFETY STANDARD; TECHNOLOGICAL PROJECTS; TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTION; TECHNOLOGY PROJECT;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DESIGN; TECHNOLOGY;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 81255188553     PISSN: 13923730     EISSN: 18223605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/13923730.2011.576809     Document Type: Article

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