CB-contract: Case-based reasoning approach to construction contract strategy formulation

Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 339-350

  Chua, D K H ^a   Loh, P K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Construction management; Contracts; Decision support systems

Indexed keywords

CASE-BASED REASONING (CBR); CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; CONTRACT STRATEGY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPING; WORK PACKAGING;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CONTRACTS;

EID: 33747358279     PISSN: 08873801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3801(2006)20:5(339)     Document Type: Article

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