Practical multifactor approach to evaluating risk of investment in engineering projects

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 357-367

  Warszawski, Abraham ^a   Sacks, Rafael ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Decision making; Economic factors; Investments; Probabilistic models; Project management; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INVESTMENTS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; ECONOMIC FACTORS; MULTIFACTOR METHOD; PROBABILISTIC MODELS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 13944277321     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2004)130:3(357)     Document Type: Article

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