SuretyAssist: Fuzzy expert system to assist surety underwriters in evaluating construction contractors for bonding

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 136, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1219-1226

  Marsh, Krista ^a   Fayek, Aminah Robinson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bids; Bonding; Construction; Contractors; Expert systems; Fuzzy sets; Knowledge based systems; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

BIDS; CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS; EVALUATION PROCESS; EXPERT RULE; FINANCIAL ANALYSIS; FUZZY EXPERT SYSTEMS; GENERAL CONTRACTORS; LINGUISTIC TERMS; PERIODIC REVIEW; QUESTIONNAIRES; REASONING PROCESS; RIGOROUS EVALUATION; STRUCTURED APPROACH; STRUCTURED METHOD; SUBJECTIVE FACTORS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTORS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FUZZY SETS; LINGUISTICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SURVEYS;

FUZZY LOGIC;

EID: 77958117384     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000224     Document Type: Article

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