Estimating design effort for GE hydro projects

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 195-204

  Bashir, Hamdi A ^a   Thomson, Vince ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Design effort; Estimation; Parametric models

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; HYDROELECTRIC GENERATORS; MACHINE DESIGN; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; TURBINES;

DESIGN EFFORTS; PARAMETRIC MODELS;

HYDROELECTRIC AND GAS TURBINE COMBINED POWER PLANTS;

EID: 2042509014     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2003.12.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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