Estimating design effort using a neural network methodology

International Journal of Industrial Engineering : Theory Applications and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 341-348

  Bashir, Hamdi A ^a   El bouri, Ahmed ^b   Thomson, Vince ^c  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Design project; Effort estimation

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MACHINE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

COST OVERRUNS; DESIGN PROJECTS; EFFORT ESTIMATION;

HYDROELECTRIC GENERATORS;

EID: 34047131132     PISSN: 10724761     EISSN: 1943670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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