TY - BOOK AU - samir,Ahmed TI - A Decision Support System For The Selection of The Optimum Contractor / PY - 2001/// N1 - Supervisors : Dr. Ahmed samir; Thesis (ph.D.) - University of Southampton - Faculty of Engineering Department of civil and environmental Engineering , 2001; Includes bibliographical references (223 - 238 p.) N2 - Awarding the tender to the lowest bidder can result in potentially serious problems, which necessitate the need for including a wide range of other criteria This will form the basis of selection, where some of these criteria will be contractor reated and others will relate to the specific characteristics of the project and the requirements and objectives of the project under consideration. This research was divided into six phases UR - http://repository.fue.edu.eg/xmlui/handle/123456789/4537 ER -