Intelligent models for predicting levels of client satisfaction

Journal of Construction Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 233-253

  Soetanto, Robby ^a   Proverbs, David G ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Client satisfaction; Contractor performance; Performance assessment; Project coalition

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DATA REDUCTION; EXPERT SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CLIENT SATISFACTION; CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROJECT COALITION;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION;

EID: 22844444459     PISSN: 16099451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1609945104000164     Document Type: Review

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