Quantifying qualitative information on risks: Development of the QQIR method

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-71

  Sachs, Tillmann ^a,b   Tiong, Robert L K ^b  

^a Banque AIG   (United Kingdom)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Construction management; Financial management; Fuzzy sets; Information management; Probability distribution; Risk management; Uncertainty principles

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; FUZZY SETS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISKS; ROBOT LEARNING; SET THEORY;

BEST FITS; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; EXPERT OPINIONS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUZZY SET THEORIES; FUZZY WEIGHTED AVERAGES; INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; POLITICAL RISKS; PROBABILITY DENSITIES; QUALITATIVE INFORMATIONS; QUANTITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT METHODS; UNCERTAIN INFORMATIONS; UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLES;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

EID: 58149232226     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2009)135:1(56)     Document Type: Article

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