Defining triangular probability distributions from historical cost data

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-37

  Back, W Edward ^a   Boles, Walter W ^b   Fry, Gary T ^c  

^a AMRL   (United States)

^b EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DECISION MAKING; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

LEAST SQUARES CURVE FITTING TECHNIQUES; MOMENT MATCHING; TRIANGULAR PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 0342906631     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2000)126:1(29)     Document Type: Article

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