Uncertainty in through-life costing-review and perspectives

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 689-701

  Goh, Yee Mey ^a   Newnes, Linda B ^a   Mileham, Antony R ^a,b   McMahon, Chris A ^a   Saravi, Mohammad E ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cost estimation; decisions under risks and uncertainty; through life cost (TLC); uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ALEATORY UNCERTAINTY; COST ESTIMATIONS; COST ESTIMATORS; DECISION MAKERS; DECISION MAKING UNDER UNCERTAINTY; DECISIONS UNDER RISKS AND UNCERTAINTY; ESTIMATION PROCESS; ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES; IMPRECISE PROBABILITIES; INDUSTRIAL SECTOR; KEY PROBLEMS; LIFE-CYCLE INFORMATION; POTENTIAL VALUES; SCENARIOS ANALYSIS; THROUGH-LIFE COST (TLC); UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY MODELING;

COSTS; ESTIMATION; LIFE CYCLE; RISK PERCEPTION;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77958486891     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2010.2040745     Document Type: Conference Paper

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