Technical comparisons of simulation-based productivity prediction methodologies by means of estimation tools focusing on conventional earthmovings

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 265-277

  Han, Seungwoo ^a   Hong, Taehoon ^b   Kim, Gwangho ^b   Lee, Sangyoub ^c  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Construction; Earthmoving; Neural network; Productivity; Regression; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CONSTRUCTION PERFORMANCE; DATA SETS; DECISION MAKING TOOL; DETERMINISTIC CALCULATIONS; EARTHMOVING; ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES; MULTIPLE REGRESSIONS; PREDICTION METHODOLOGY; PREDICTIVE MODELS; PRODUCTIVITY DATA; REGRESSION; SIMULATION; SIMULATION TECHNIQUE; SIMULATION-BASED; STATISTIC METHOD; TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION; TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE; WITH SHORTAGE;

CONSTRUCTION; ESTIMATION; FORECASTING; MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PRODUCTIVITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 81255142639     PISSN: 13923730     EISSN: 18223605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/13923730.2011.574381     Document Type: Article

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