Project Appraisal of Rail Projects Using Fuzzy Sets Theory

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Project Appraisal of Rail Projects Using Fuzzy Sets Theory. / El Cheikh, Marwa; Al Sheikh, Dana; Burrow, Michael.

In: The International Journal of Railway Technology, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2013, p. 39-62.

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Harvard

El Cheikh, M, Al Sheikh, D & Burrow, M 2013, 'Project Appraisal of Rail Projects Using Fuzzy Sets Theory', The International Journal of Railway Technology, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 39-62. https://doi.org/10.4203/ijrt.2.1.2

APA

El Cheikh, M., Al Sheikh, D., & Burrow, M. (2013). Project Appraisal of Rail Projects Using Fuzzy Sets Theory. The International Journal of Railway Technology, 2(1), 39-62. https://doi.org/10.4203/ijrt.2.1.2

Vancouver

El Cheikh M, Al Sheikh D, Burrow M. Project Appraisal of Rail Projects Using Fuzzy Sets Theory. The International Journal of Railway Technology. 2013;2(1):39-62. https://doi.org/10.4203/ijrt.2.1.2

Author

El Cheikh, Marwa ; Al Sheikh, Dana ; Burrow, Michael. / Project Appraisal of Rail Projects Using Fuzzy Sets Theory. In: The International Journal of Railway Technology. 2013 ; Vol. 2, No. 1. pp. 39-62.

Bibtex

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