Chen, Z; Li, H; Ross, A; Khalfan, M M A and Kong, S C W (2008) Knowledge-driven ANP approach to vendors evaluation for sustainable construction. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 134(12), pp. 928-941. ISSN 0733-9364
Abstract
This paper presents a multicriteria decision-making approach to evaluate contractor candidates in the open competition of construction project procurement by means of a knowledge-framed analytic network process (KANP), which embeds a construction knowledge framework into a formal analytic network process procedure. An applied KANP model named KANP.BID is set up and used in an experimental case study. The paper concludes that the KANP.BID model is a viable and capable tool for selecting the most appropriate tender alternative under criteria of sustainable construction. It is expected that the proposed KANP.BID model can attract interest from both practitioners and researchers in terms of further research and development.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | bids; decision making; evaluation; procurement; sustainable development |
| Index terms: | sustainable development, decision-making, construction project, competition, sustainable construction, analytic network process, case study, research and development, practitioner |
| Subjects: | market analysis, sustainable construction, practitioner, health safety and environment, decision analysis, data collection methods, research management, decision-making and optimization, production management |
| Topics: | Sustainability, Risk Management, Research Practice, Roles and Professions, Health and Safety, Project Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCEA |
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