An Application of the Analytic Network Process (ANP) for University Selection Decisions

ScienceAsia

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 317-326

  Poonikom, Kochoke ^a,c   O’Brien, Christopher ^b   Chansa Ngavej, Chuvej ^d  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Mathematics   (Thailand)

^d SHINAWATRA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Analytic Network Process (ANP); multiple criteria decision making; university selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906997292     PISSN: 15131874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2306/scienceasia1513-1874.2004.30.317     Document Type: Article

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