A logistic regression approach to modelling the contractor's decision to bid

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 643-653

  Lowe, David J ^a   Parvar, Jamshid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bidding; Construction; Decision to bid; Decision making

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION MAKING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FACTOR ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION APPROACH;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

LOGISTICS;

EID: 4043151588     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190310001649056     Document Type: Article

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