Multi-criteria group individual research output evaluation based on context-free grammar judgments with assessing attitude

Omega (United Kingdom)

Volumn 57, Issue , 2015, Pages 282-293

  Li, Zongmin ^a   Xu, Jiuping ^a   Lev, Benjamin ^b   Gang, Jun ^c  

^a Sichuan University   (China)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Sichuan Institute of Building Research   (China)

Author keywords

Assessing attitude; Individual research output; Multi criteria group evaluation; Weight determination

Indexed keywords

ASSESSING ATTITUDE; BIBLIOMETRIC; CONTEXT-FREE GRAMMARS; INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH OUTPUTS; MULTI-CRITERIA; MULTI-CRITERIA GROUP EVALUATION; MULTI-CRITERION; PEER REVIEW; PEER-REVIEW PROCESS; WEIGHT DETERMINATION;

CONTEXT FREE GRAMMARS;

EID: 84942593473     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2015.09.001     Document Type: Article

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