Fuzzy set theory approach for measuring the performance of relationship-based construction projects in Australia

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 181-192

  Yeung, John F Y ^a,b   Chan, Albert P C ^b   Chan, Daniel W M ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Australia; Evaluation; Fuzzy sets; Relational contracting; Relationship based approach

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLIENT ORGANIZATIONS; CONSTRAINED REGRESSION; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; ERROR METHODS; EVALUATION; FUZZY MEMBERSHIP FUNCTION; HORIZONTAL APPROACH; KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION MODELS; PERFORMANCE INDICES; PERFORMANCE LEVEL; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; QUANTITATIVE INDICATORS; RELATIONAL CONTRACTING; RELATIONSHIP-BASED APPROACH; RESIDUAL SUM OF SQUARES; SYSTEMATIC RESEARCH;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; FUZZY SET THEORY; FUZZY SETS;

BENCHMARKING;

EID: 84873326014     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000083     Document Type: Article

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