Critical path definition using multicriteria decision making: Promethee method

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 158-163

  San Cristobal, Jose Ramon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Critical path; Fuzzy PERT; Multicriteria; Preference ranking organization method for enrichment evaluation (PROMETHEE)

Indexed keywords

CONFLICTING OBJECTIVES; CRITICAL PATHS; ENRICHMENT EVALUATION; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; MULTI-CRITERIA; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING METHODS; REAL WORLD SITUATIONS; UNCERTAIN ENVIRONMENTS;

COMPLEX NETWORKS; COSTS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84875032258     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000135     Document Type: Article

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