Contractor selection using multicriteria decision-making methods

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 751-758

  San Cristóbal, José Ramón ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Construction management; Contractor selection; Multicriteria methods

Indexed keywords

CANTABRIA; CONSTRUCTION CLIENTS; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONTRACTOR SELECTION; IDEAL SOLUTIONS; MAKING DECISION; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; MULTI-CRITERIA; MULTI-CRITERIA METHOD; MULTICRITERIA DECISION; PROJECT COMPLEXITY; SUBJECTIVE JUDGEMENT; TECHNIQUE FOR ORDER PREFERENCE BY SIMILARITY TO IDEAL SOLUTIONS; TOPSIS METHOD;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONTRACTORS;

EID: 84862116857     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000488     Document Type: Article

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