Early cost estimating of road tunnel construction using neural networks

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 679-687

  Petroutsatou, K ^a   Georgopoulos, E ^b   Lambropoulos, S ^a   Pantouvakis, J P ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF KALAMATA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Construction costs; Estimation; Neural networks; Tunnel construction

Indexed keywords

BASIC PARAMETERS; CONSTRUCTION COSTS; COST ESTIMATE; COST ESTIMATION SYSTEM; COST ESTIMATIONS; DESIGN DECISIONS; GENERAL REGRESSION NEURAL NETWORK; MULTI-LAYER FEED-FORWARD NETWORKS; NORTHERN GREECE; REAL WORLD DATA; ROAD TUNNEL; TOTAL LENGTH; TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION;

COST ACCOUNTING; ESTIMATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; ROADS AND STREETS; TUNNELS;

COST ESTIMATING;

EID: 84862152230     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000479     Document Type: Article

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