A fuzzy DEA-Neural approach to measuring design service performance in PCM projects

Automation in Construction

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 702-713

  Wang, Ching Hwang ^a   Chuang, Chin Chang ^a,b   Tsai, Chia Chang ^a  

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

^b TUNGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Effectiveness analysis; Evaluation; Neural network; PCM; Service performance

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; DESIGN SERVICES; DESIGN STAGE; EFFECTIVE TOOL; EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; EVALUATION APPROACH; NEURAL NETWORK METHOD; PCM; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; SERVICE PERFORMANCE;

BENCHMARKING; MACHINE DESIGN; NEURAL NETWORKS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

PULSE CODE MODULATION;

EID: 67349138164     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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