An evaluation of the accuracy of the multiple regression approach in forecasting sectoral construction demand in Singapore

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 231-241

  Bee Hua, Goh ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Construction demand; Forecasting accuracy; Model evaluation; Nonlinear; Regression techniques

Indexed keywords

LINEAR REGRESSION;

CONSTRUCTION DEMANDS; FORECASTING ACCURACY; MODEL EVALUATION; NONLINEAR; REGRESSION TECHNIQUES;

FORECASTING;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FORECASTING METHOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

SINGAPORE;

EID: 0032916564     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461999371736     Document Type: Article

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