A case-based decision support tool for bid mark-up estimation of international construction projects

Automation in Construction

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-44

  Dikmen, Irem ^a   Birgonul, M Talat ^a   Gur, A Kemal ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bidding; Case based reasoning; Mark up

Indexed keywords

CASE BASED REASONING; COMPETITION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; INTERNATIONAL MARKETS; MARK-UP VALUES;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 34547672917     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2007.02.009     Document Type: Article

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