Estimation of time for Wenchuan earthquake reconstruction in China

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 179-187

  Sun, Caiyu ^a,b   Xu, Jiuping ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cost; Elman network; Project management; Regression model; Time; Wenchuan earthquake reconstruction; Wenchuan major earthquake

Indexed keywords

ELMAN NETWORK; REGRESSION MODEL; TIME; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE; WENCHUAN MAJOR EARTHQUAKE;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COSTS; EARTHQUAKES; ESTIMATION; NETWORK MANAGEMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FORECASTING;

EID: 79952283615     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000277     Document Type: Article

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