Model for forecasting construction cost indices in Taiwan

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-157

  Wang, Ching Hwang ^a   Mei, Yong Ho ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Construction cost indices; Determining factors; Forecasting; Modelling; Taiwan experience

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FORECASTING; MODELS;

CONSTRUCTION COST INDICES; CONSTRUCTION LABOURS; DETERMINING FACTORS; ESTIMATION OF THE ERROR; OBSERVED VALUES; REPUBLIC OF CHINA; STATISTICAL INFORMATION; TAIWAN EXPERIENCE;

COSTS;

EID: 12444298394     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461998372457     Document Type: Article

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