On the issue of plan shape complexity: Plan shape indices revisited

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 473-482

  Wing, Chau Kwong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Box cox transformation; Building cost models; Construction cost; Design variables; Plan shape

Indexed keywords

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BOX COX TRANSFORMATION; BUILDING COSTS; CONSTRUCTION COSTS; DESIGN VARIABLES; PLAN SHAPE;

FLOORS;

EID: 0004619468     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461999371394     Document Type: Article

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