Selection of vertical formwork system by probabilistic neural networks models

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 245-254

  Tam, C M ^a   Tong, Thomas K L ^a   Lau, Tony C T ^a   Chan, K K ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Formwork selection; PNN; Probabilistic neural network

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; DATA ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; SITE SELECTION;

INTERNAL FINISHING; PROBABILISTIC NEURAL NETWORKS (PNN) MODELS; SELECTION PROCESS; VERTICAL FORMWORK SYSTEM;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONCRETE;

EID: 16444383226     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144619042000205912     Document Type: Article

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