Compromise ranking approach with bootstrap confidence intervals for risk assessment in port management projects

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 334-344

  Hashemi, Hassan ^a   Mousavi, S Meysam ^a   Tavakkoli Moghaddam, R ^b   Gholipour, Y ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bootstrap confidence intervals; Compromise ranking method; Nonparametric resampling; Port projects; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAP CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; INTERVAL COMPUTATIONS; MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES; PORT PROJECTS; RANKING METHODS; RESAMPLING; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TRADITIONAL APPROACHES;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; PORTS AND HARBORS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 84884634578     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000167     Document Type: Article

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