Heterogeneous approach to modeling contractors' decision-to-bid strategies

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 134, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 766-775

  Oo, Bee Lan ^a   Drew, Derek S ^b   Lo, Hing Po ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bids; Construction industry; Contractors; Hong Kong; Models; Singapore

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CONTRACTORS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

BID STRATEGIES; BIDDING BEHAVIORS; BIDS; COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; HONG KONG; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARKET CONDITION; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODELS; PROBABILISTIC CLASSIFICATION; SINGAPORE;

CONTRACTS;

EID: 51849154234     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2008)134:10(766)     Document Type: Article

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