Estimate at completion for construction projects using evolutionary support vector machine inference model

Automation in Construction

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 619-629

  Cheng, Min Yuan ^a   Peng, Hsien Sheng ^a   Wu, Yu Wei ^a   Chen, Te Lin ^a  

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

Author keywords

Estimate at Completion; Fast Messy Genetic Algorithms; Support Vector Machine

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONTROL PROJECTS; ESTIMATE AT COMPLETIONS; FAST MESSY GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INFERENCE MODELS; LEARNING MODELS; POTENTIAL PROBLEMS; PROJECT COST; PROJECT MANAGERS; PROJECT PERFORMANCE; REAL APPLICATIONS; TRAINING MODEL;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COST ACCOUNTING; COSTS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INFERENCE ENGINES; MANAGERS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES; VECTORS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955715122     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2010.02.008     Document Type: Article

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