Minimum performance bounds for evaluating contractors performance during construction of highway pavement projects

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 507-529

  Aziz, Ahmed M Abdel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cash flow forecasting; Highways; Performance evaluation; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTRACTORS; HIGHWAY PLANNING; PAVEMENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CASH FLOW FORECASTING; CONSTRAINED-PARAMETERS POLYNOMIAL REGRESSION;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

BENCHMARKING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; PAVEMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROAD CONSTRUCTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 43049090853     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190801918748     Document Type: Article

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