Construction equipment productivity estimation using artificial neural network model

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1029-1044

  Ok, Seung C ^a   Sinha, Sunil K ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Construction equipment; Productivity estimation

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION PLANNING; PRODUCTION RATES; PRODUCTIVITY ESTIMATION; PROJECT CONTROL; TRANSFORMED REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PLANNING; PRODUCTIVITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; EQUIPMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; PRODUCTIVITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33749840757     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190600851033     Document Type: Article

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