Evaluating the Architectural Design Services by Using Fuzzy AHP

Author

Li, Jie ; Chen, Shouming

Author_Institution

Sch. of Econ. & Manage., Tongji Univ., Shanghai, China

Volume

3

fYear

2009

fDate

14-16 Aug. 2009

Firstpage

287

Lastpage

291

Abstract

The architectural design service, a knowledge intensive industry, expands rapidly in china. The evaluation of architectural design services is necessary for managers in architectural design service industry to upgrade their service level and for consumers who purchase the services to select an architectural design vendor. However, the evaluation of architectural design services is a multiple-criteria decision making (MCDM) problem that is not easy to make a decision. Hence, we propose fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (FAHP) approach to evaluate the architectural design vendors. In addition, a case study is presented to demonstrate how the approach can help in solving such problems in practice.

Keywords

decision making; fuzzy set theory; pattern clustering; architectural design service industry; architectural design services; architectural design vendor; fuzzy AHP; fuzzy analytical hierarchy process; knowledge intensive industry; multiple-criteria decision making; Conference management; Costs; Data envelopment analysis; Decision making; Decision support systems; Design methodology; Environmental economics; Fuzzy systems; Industrial economics; Knowledge management; FAHP; architectural design service; decision making;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery, 2009. FSKD '09. Sixth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Tianjin

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3735-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FSKD.2009.360

Filename

5358966