SELECCIÓN MULTICRITERIO DE CONTRATISTAS DE OBRAS. ENFOQUE BASADO EN REDES NEURONALES

This paper presents two cases of applying neural networks to extract knowledge for, subsequently, using it to support multicriteria contractor selection, in traditional design-bid-build projects with one-step selection processes. Different qualitative and quantitative selection criteria are taken into account, up to 22 and 9, respectively. The ? rst case includes a high number of input variables, making up a complex system related to complex and medium or large-sized projects. The second case is related to small projects in a medium-sized municipality. One advantage of these systems is that they can serve to ‘homogenize’ speci? c decision making in medium and large organizations. The paper also analyzes other pros of this approach, as well as the main problems.