A general multivariate analysis approach for determining bid mark-up strategy

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 347-353

  Liu, S L ^a   Wang, S Y ^b   Lai, K K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bid mark up strategy; Construction contract; Maximum likelihood estimation; Multivariate analysis; Sealed bid auctions

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY;

BIDDING STRATEGY; CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT; ESTIMATION FORMULAE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

FINANCE;

MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 20444466391     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144619042000190216     Document Type: Article

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