Project Dispute Resolution Satisfaction classification through neural network

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 70-79

  Cheung, S O ^a   Tam, C M ^a   Harris, F C ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; MULTILAYER NEURAL NETWORKS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CONSTRUCTION DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCESSES;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033721664     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0742-597X(2000)16:1(70)     Document Type: Article

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