Utility-function model for engineering performance assessment

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 558-568

  Georgy, Maged E ^a   Chang, Luh Maan ^b   Zhang, Lei ^c  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Bovis Lend Lease Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Measurement; Performance evaluation; Productivity

Indexed keywords

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PROJECT CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROJECT'S LIFE CYCLE; UTILITY-FUNCTION MODEL;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DATA REDUCTION; EVALUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENTS; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTIVITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CIVIL ENGINEERING;

EID: 18744409397     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2005)131:5(558)     Document Type: Article

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