Parametric range estimating of building costs using regression models and bootstrap

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 134, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1011-1016

  Sonmez, Rifat ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Construction costs; Estimations; Parameters; Probability; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COSTS; ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BOOTSTRAP APPROACHES; BOOTSTRAP RESAMPLING TECHNIQUES; BUILDING COSTS; BUILDING PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION COSTS; PARAMETERS; PARAMETRIC ESTIMATIONS; PROBABILISTIC COSTS; RANGE ESTIMATIONS; REGRESSION MODELS; ROBUST METHODS; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 56349131859     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2008)134:12(1011)     Document Type: Article

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