Mapping rework causes and effects using artificial neural networks

Building Research and Information

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 450-465

  Palaneeswaran, Ekambaram ^a   Love, Peter E D ^b   Kumaraswamy, Mohan M ^c   Ng, Thomas S T ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Construction projects; Cost overrun; Productivity; Project performance; Rework; Time overrun

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BACKPROPAGATION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FOOD PROCESSING; FORECASTING; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; VEGETATION;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS; BACK PROPAGATION NEURAL NETWORK; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; COST OVERRUN; COST OVERRUNS; FORECASTING SYSTEMS; GENERAL REGRESSION NEURAL NETWORKS; HONG-KONG; INTELLIGENT DECISION SUPPORT; PRODUCTIVITY; PROJECT PERFORMANCE; REWORK; TIME OVERRUN;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 49549113153     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613210802128269     Document Type: Article

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