An integrated multiple criteria preference ranking approach to the Canadian west coast port congestion conflict

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 9181-9190

  Ke, Ginger Y ^a   Li, Kevin W ^b,c   Hipel, Keith W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c Tokyo Institute of Technology W9 38 ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

AHP; Canadian west coast port congestion; Graph model; Integrative conflict analysis; Preference

Indexed keywords

AHP; GRAPH MODEL; INTEGRATIVE CONFLICT ANALYSIS; PREFERENCE; WEST COAST;

GRAPH THEORY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

EID: 84859211178     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2012.02.086     Document Type: Article

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