Modelling global risk factors affecting construction cost performance

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 261-269

  Baloi, Daniel ^a   Price, Andrew D F ^b  

^a EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost performance; Decision Support System; Fuzzy Set Theory; Risk management; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DECISION MAKING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

RISK FACTORS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION; COST; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0037402597     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-7863(02)00017-0     Document Type: Article

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