Valuing flexibility in infrastructure expansion

Journal of Infrastructure Systems

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 89-97

  Zhao, Tong ^a   Tseng, Chung Li ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Economic factors; Facility expansion; Infrastructure

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; FACILITIES; INVESTMENTS; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING;

INFRASTRUCTURE EXPANSION;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; INFRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0141856372     PISSN: 10760342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1076-0342(2003)9:3(89)     Document Type: Article

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