Variance models for project financial risk analysis with applications to greenfield BOT highway projects

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 925-939

  Chiara, Nicola ^a   Garvin, Michael ^b  

^a Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science   (United States)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Build operate transfer; Monte Carlo simulation; Risk analysis; Stochastic models

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOW SIMULATION; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; HIGHWAY PLANNING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OCEAN STRUCTURES; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SAFETY FACTOR; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALEATORY UNCERTAINTY; BOT PROJECTS; BUILD-OPERATE-TRANSFER; CASE STUDIES; CHALLENGING TASK; CONCESSION PERIOD; DISCOUNTED CASH-FLOW; EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTIES; FINANCIAL RISK ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL RISKS; GREEN FIELDS; HIGHWAY PROJECTS; MARKOVIAN PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PROJECT UNCERTAINTY; RISK FACTORS; RISK VARIABLES; SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENTS; THINKING PROCESS; VARIANCE MODELS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINANCE; MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTICITY; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 53349129734     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190802259027     Document Type: Article

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