Developing a fuzzy multicriteria decision-making model for selecting design-build operational variations

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 137, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1176-1184

  Xia, Bo ^a   Chan, Albert P C ^b   Yeung, John F Y ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Design build; Fuzzy set; Multicriteria decision making

Indexed keywords

CHINA; DELIVERY METHODS; DESIGN BUILD; ERROR METHODS; EVALUATION PROCESS; FUZZY DECISION-MAKING; FUZZY MEMBERSHIP FUNCTION; FUZZY MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING; HORIZONTAL APPROACH; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; QUANTITATIVE CALCULATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SELECTION CRITERIA;

DESIGN; FUZZY SET THEORY; FUZZY SETS; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; MODEL BUILDINGS; SURVEYS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84855973754     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000381     Document Type: Article

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