Service life prediction models for exterior stone cladding

Building Research and Information

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 637-653

  Silva, A ^a   Dias, J L ^a   Gaspar, P L ^b   De Brito, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Buildings; Degradation; Durability; Facades; Maintenance; Service life prediction; Stone cladding

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; CLADDING SYSTEMS; CONSTRUCTED ASSETS; GRAPHICAL METHODS; IN-SITU; LIFECYCLE COSTS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; PORTUGAL; SERVICE LIFE PREDICTION; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; STONE CLADDING;

BUILDINGS; CLADDING (COATING); DEGRADATION; DURABILITY; FACADES; FORECASTING; LINEAR REGRESSION; MAINTENANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS;

SERVICE LIFE;

EID: 81255209177     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2011.617095     Document Type: Article

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