A case-based reasoning approach for selecting risk management techniques

Association of Researchers in Construction Management, ARCOM 2007 - Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 735-744

  Forbes, Doug ^a   Smith, Simon D ^b   Horner, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case based reasoning; Decision support; Risk techniques

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; APPROPRIATE TECHNIQUES; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CASE-BASED REASONING APPROACHES; CASE-BASED REASONING TOOLS; CBR; DECISION SUPPORTS; MACLEOD; PROJECT PHASE; RISK MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES; TOOL USE;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84861074054     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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