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Decision support for bid evaluation

International Journal of Project Management, 1990
Abstract The process of evaluating bids is characterized by the existence of multiple criteria, some of which are qualitative. Existing methods used in bid evaluation all have their limitations. The use of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) ratings approach to select a subcontractor for EG & G WASC, Inc. to support the company in its conduct of the
Mohammad A Mustafa, Terrance C Ryan
exaly   +2 more sources

Factors affecting the bid/no bid decision in the Saudi Arabian construction contractors

Construction Management and Economics, 2009
The bid/no bid decision requires an understanding of a company's assessment in relation to factors affecting the decision. Different companies might have different assessment values. The aim is to investigate how bid/no bid decisions are influenced by different characteristics of contractors. Various factors are identified and then analysed in order to
Abdulrahman Salem Bageis, Chris Fortune
exaly   +2 more sources

Classification model for bid/no‐bid decision in construction projects

International Transactions in Operational Research, 2021
AbstractFor construction companies, the decision about whether to bid for a project is a strategic decision. This paper provides a model for assessing project attractiveness levels and deciding whether to submit a proposal. The model introduces a classification model that incorporates fuzzy preferential information to evaluate project attractiveness ...
Maria Creuza Borges de Araujo, Luciana Hazin Alencar, Caroline Maria de Miranda Mota   +2 more
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Dynamic Bidding with Contextual Bid Decision Trees in Digital Advertisement

2020
Real-time bidding (RTB) has been one of the most prominent technological advances in online display advertising. Billions of transactions in the form of programmatic advertising auctions happen on a daily basis on ad-networks and exchanges, where advertisers compete for the ad slots by bidding for that slot. The question: how much should I bid?
Manish Pathak, Ujwala Musku
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Critical Factors Determining Bid/No Bid Decisions of Contractors in Qatar

Journal of Management in Engineering, 2014
AbstractTo bid or not to bid for construction projects is a crucial strategic decision for contractors’ sustainability in the industry. The high complexity and uncertainty associated with such a decision-making process, which involves several multitudes and reflection of numerous internal and external determinants, necessitate further exploration of ...
Jarkas, A.M., Mubarak, Saleh, Kadri, C.Y
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Decision‐Support System for Modeling Bid/No‐Bid Decision Problem

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 1990
A structured methodology for modeling the bid/no‐bid decision problem is presented. The method is based on the techniques of decision analysis. The advantages of explicating the decision‐making process is emphasized in the paper. Explication of the process brings numerous advantages, including improved communication and documentation of the underlying ...
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Subcontractors' Bidding Decisions

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 1998
Bid decisions by subcontractors are complex due to the uncertainty about many factors affecting their outcomes. This study was able to identify, through a questionnaire survey, many factors characterizing the bid decision-making process. The questionnaire was mailed in August 1995 to 320 subcontractors in Colorado.
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Quantitative Bid or No-Bid Decision-Support Model for Contractors

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 2017
AbstractThe bidding behavior of contractors in the Malawi contract construction market was investigated using a selected set of 75 bidding factors in a structured questionnaire survey administered ...
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Bid Decision Making with Prospect Game Theory

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (IAARC), 2012
Purpose This study proposes a new bidding decision model (Prospect Game Theory Model for Bidding Decision, BDPGTM) for construction companies to set optimal bidding prices. Method This study has successfully integrated fuzzy preference relations (FPR) with fuzzy rating (FR), cumulative prospect theory (CPT) and game theory (GT).
M-Y. Cheng, C-C. Hsiang
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Decision Support for Bids in Process Plant Engineering

2011 44th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2011
The intensive competition in the international market for plant engineering is characterized by high pricing pressure, increase of local content requirement and decrease of project durations. This leads to intricate logistics problems with regard to production locations and project planning.
Dirk C. Mattfeld, Jiayi Yang
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