Development of a fuzzy expert system for surety underwriting

Building a Sustainable Future - Proceedings of the 2009 Construction Research Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 219-228

  Marsh, Krista ^a   Fayek, Aminah Robinson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONTRACTOR PRE-QUALIFICATION; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; EXPERT JUDGMENT; FUZZY EXPERT SYSTEMS; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; NEURO-FUZZY; SURETY BOND; THOUGHT PROCESS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTORS; DECISION MAKING; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FUZZY NEURAL NETWORKS; FUZZY SETS;

FUZZY LOGIC;

EID: 69949097367     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41020(339)23     Document Type: Conference Paper

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