Web-based CBR system applied to early cost budgeting for pavement maintenance project

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 36, Issue 2 PART 2, 2009, Pages 2947-2960

  Chou, Jui Sheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Budgeting; Case based reasoning; Cost estimate; Pavement maintenance operations; Web technology

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CASE BASED REASONING; COST ESTIMATING; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HIGHWAY PLANNING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MAINTENANCE; PAVEMENTS; WEBSITES;

CASEBASED REASONINGS (CBR); DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; INFRASTRUCTURE ASSET MANAGEMENT; K FOLD CROSS VALIDATIONS; MEAN ABSOLUTE PREDICTION ERROR; PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES; WEB TECHNOLOGIES;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 56349153507     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2008.01.025     Document Type: Article

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