Predicting environmental performance of construction projects by using least-squares fitting method and robust method

Journal of Green Building

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 143-155

  Tam, Vivian W Y ^a   Le, Khoa N ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental management system; Environmental performance assessment; Operational levels

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149091183     PISSN: 15526100     EISSN: 19434618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3992/jgb.2.1.143     Document Type: Article

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