Using decision trees for determining attribute weights in a case-based model of early cost prediction

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 146-152

  Doǧan, Sevgi Zeynep ^a   Arditi, David ^b   Murat Gunaydin H ^a  

^a IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

^b Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer software; Construction cost; Cost estimates; Decision making; Decision support systems; Optimization models; Predictions; Weight

Indexed keywords

ATTRIBUTE WEIGHTS; CONSTRUCTION COSTS; COST ESTIMATES; OPTIMIZATION MODELS; PREDICTIONS;

CASE BASED REASONING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COSTS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION;

DECISION TREES;

EID: 38149069676     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2008)134:2(146)     Document Type: Article

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