Conceptual cost estimates using evolutionary fuzzy hybrid neural network for projects in construction industry

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 4224-4231

  Cheng, Min Yuan ^a   Tsai, Hsing Chih ^a   Sudjono, Erick ^a  

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

Author keywords

Conceptual estimates; Construction cost; Fuzzy logic; Genetic algorithm; High order neural network; Hybrid neural network; Neural network

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL ESTIMATES; CONSTRUCTION COST; CONSTRUCTION COSTS; HIGH-ORDER NEURAL NETWORK; HYBRID NEURAL NETWORKS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COST ACCOUNTING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SYSTEMS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 77249138167     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2009.11.080     Document Type: Article

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