Estimation of earthworks execution time cost by means of artificial neural networks

Automation in Construction

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 570-579

  Hola, Bozena ^a   Schabowicz, Krzysztof ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Construction; Earthworks; Productivity; Sets of machines

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CONSTRUCTION SITES; EARTHWORKS; EXECUTION PLANNING; EXECUTION TIME; PARAMETER VALUES; RANDOM CHARACTERS; RANDOM CONDITION; SETS OF MACHINES; TASK EXECUTIONS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; COSTS; EXCAVATION; FOUNDATIONS; MACHINERY; PRODUCTIVITY;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 77955717400     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2010.02.004     Document Type: Review

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