Forecasting the residual service life of NHS hospital buildings: A stochastic approach

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 521-529

  Kirkham, R J ^a   Boussabaine, A H ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Hospital buildings; Markov chain; Minimum of exponentials; Probability; Service life; Stochastic forecasting

Indexed keywords

MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING;

ELEMENTAL WEIGHTING; NHS ESTATE PORTFOLIO; RESIDUAL SERVICE LIFE; STOCHASTIC APPROACH;

HOSPITALS;

BUILDING; FORECASTING METHOD;

EID: 22144466620     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144619042000326729     Document Type: Article

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