Contractor selection model for highway projects using integrated simulation and analytic network process

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 139, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 755-767

  El Abbasy, Mohammed S ^a   Zayed, Tarek ^a   Ahmed, Marwa ^a   Alzraiee, Hani ^a   Abouhamad, Mona ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analytic network process (ANP); Contractor selection; Highway contractors; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC NETWORK PROCESS; CONTRACTOR SELECTION; HIGHWAY PROJECTS; INTEGRATED SIMULATIONS; OPTIMUM SOLUTION; QUALITATIVE CRITERIA; SELECTION MODEL; SINGLE PLATFORM;

DECISION THEORY; HIGHWAY PLANNING; MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

CONTRACTORS;

EID: 84878827910     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000647     Document Type: Article

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