An integrated gray-fuzzy cause and effect approach to determine the most significant categories of project risks

IIE Annual Conference and Expo 2015

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 987-996

  Vafadarnikjoo, Amin ^a   Mobin, Mohammadsadegh ^b   Salmon, Christian ^b   Javadian, Nikbakhsh ^c  

^a ALLAMEH TABATABA'I UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (Iran)

Author keywords

DEMATEL; Fuzzy set theory; Gray system theory; Project risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84970968570     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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