Incorporating psychological influences in probabilistic cost analysis

Systems Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 195-216

  Kujawski, Edouard ^a   Alvaro, Mariana L ^b   Edwards, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Budget allocation; Correlation; Cost contingency; Critical chain project management; Engineering expert judgment; Human behavior; Probabilistic cost analysis; Systems thinking

Indexed keywords

BUDGET ALLOCATION; COST CONTINGENCY; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; PROBABILISTIC COST BEHAVIOR; SYSTEMS THINKING;

COSTS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PROBABILITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING;

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

EID: 24744452133     PISSN: 10981241     EISSN: 15206858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sys.20004     Document Type: Article

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