Using Gaussian copula to simulate repetitive projects

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 901-909

  Yang, I Tung ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Copula; Repetitive project; Risk management; Simulation; Stochastic estimation

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK MANAGEMENT;

GAUSSIAN COPULA; REPETITIVE PROJECT; STOCHASTIC ESTIMATION;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; GAUSSIAN METHOD; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 33749424371     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190600658784     Document Type: Article

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