Predicting project performance through neural networks

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 207-215

  Cheung, Sai On ^a   Wong, Peter Shek Pui ^a   Fung, Ada S Y ^b   Coffey, W V ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bid evaluators; Performance scores; Prediction by neural networks

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

BID EVALUATORS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; NEURAL NETWORKS PREDICTION; PERFORMANCE SCORES; PREDICTION MODEL; PROJECT PERFORMANCE; QUALITY PRODUCTION;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33645552153     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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