A fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making model for construction contractor prequalification

Automation in Construction

Volumn 25, Issue , 2012, Pages 8-19

  Nieto Morote, Ana ^a   Ruz Vila, Francisco ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contractor prequalification; Linguistic variable; Multi criteria decision making; Techniques for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS)

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONTRACTOR PRE-QUALIFICATION; DECISION MAKERS; FUZZY MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING; FUZZY PREFERENCE RELATIONS; IDEAL SOLUTIONS; LINGUISTIC ASSESSMENT; LINGUISTIC VARIABLE; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; MULTICRITERIA DECISION; PAIR-WISE COMPARISON; PRE-QUALIFICATION; PREQUALIFICATION PROCEDURES; QUANTITATIVE CRITERIA; REHABILITATION PROJECTS; SUBJECTIVE JUDGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; FUZZY SET THEORY; LINGUISTICS;

CONTRACTORS;

EID: 84861815969     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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