Artificial intelligence approaches to achieve strategic control over project cash flows

Automation in Construction

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 386-393

  Cheng, Min Yuan ^a   Tsai, Hsing Chih ^a   Liu, Chih Lung ^a  

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

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Cash flows; Construction industry; Fuzzy logic; Genetic algorithm; K means clustering; Neural network; Project success

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FLOW CONTROL; FUZZY INFERENCE; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MEMBERSHIP FUNCTIONS; NEURAL NETWORKS; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

CASH FLOWS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; EVOLUTIONARY FUZZY NEURAL INFERENCE MODELS; K-MEANS CLUSTERING; KNOWLEDGE LEARNING; KNOWLEDGE MAPPINGS; NEURAL-FUZZY MODELS; NEURAL-NETWORK; PROCESS EXECUTIONS; PROJECT COST MANAGEMENTS; PROJECT PERFORMANCE; PROJECT SUCCESS; RESOURCE DEMANDS; S CURVES; STRATEGIC CONTROLS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 63549086902     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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