Fuzzy statistical refinement for the forecasting of tenders for roadway construction

Journal of Marine Science and Technology (Taiwan)

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 410-417

  Lin, Jeng Wen ^a   Chen, Cheng Wu ^b,c   Hsu, Ting Chang ^a  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Data classification; Fuzzy theory; Model refinement; Power series model; Tendering price prediction

Indexed keywords

DATA CLASSIFICATION; FUZZY THEORY; MODEL REFINEMENT; POWER SERIES MODEL; PRICE PREDICTION;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); COMPETITION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COSTS; FORECASTING; FUZZY SET THEORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

COMMERCE;

EID: 84866852239     PISSN: 10232796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6119/JMST-011-0318-1     Document Type: Article

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