Deciphering real estate investment decisions through fuzzy logic systems

Property Management

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 163-177

  Hui, Eddie Chi Man ^a   Lau, Otto Muk Fai ^a   Lo, Tony Kak Keung ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Decision making; Fuzzy logic; Hong Kong; Investments; Real estate

Indexed keywords

EID: 68049147393     PISSN: 02637472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02637470910964651     Document Type: Article

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