SIM-UTILITY: Model for project ceiling price determination

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 76-84

  Wang, Wei Chih ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bids; Cost estimates; Pricing; Project management; Utility theory

Indexed keywords

CEILINGS; CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

BIDS; COST ESTIMATES; PRICING; UTILITY THEORY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 0009766039     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2002)128:1(76)     Document Type: Article

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