Selection of project managers in construction Firms using analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and fuzzy Topsis: A case study

Journal of Construction in Developing Countries

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-89

  Torfi, Fatemeh ^a   Rashidi, Abbas ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

AHP; Construction Firms; Criteria; Fuzzy TOPSIS; Project manager

Indexed keywords

EID: 84055192923     PISSN: 18236499     EISSN: 21804222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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