Strategic decision making in construction companies : an artificial neural network based decision support system for international market selection

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İ. Dikmen, “Strategic decision making in construction companies : an artificial neural network based decision support system for international market selection,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2001.