Cost estimation and sensitivity analysis on cost factors: A case study on taylor kriging, regression and artificial neural etworks

Engineering Economist

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 201-224

  Liu, Heping ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COST ESTIMATE; COST ESTIMATIONS; COST FACTORS; KRIGING;

COST ACCOUNTING; COSTS; ESTIMATION; INTERPOLATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 77956510071     PISSN: 0013791X     EISSN: 15472701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0013791X.2010.495823     Document Type: Article

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