Integration of ELECTRE III and PROMETHEE II decision-making methods with an interval approach: Application in selection of appropriate structural systems

Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 297-314

  Balali, Vahid ^a   Zahraie, Banafsheh ^b   Roozbahani, Abbas ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Construction management; Elimination and choice expressing the reality III (ELECTRE III); Group decision making; Interval data; Multicriteria decision making; Preference ranking organization method for enrich evaluation II (PROMETHEE II); Structural system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894491889     PISSN: 08873801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CP.1943-5487.0000254     Document Type: Article

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