Combination of growth model and earned schedule to forecast project cost at completion

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Narbaev, Timur ^a,b   De Marco, Alberto ^b  

^a KAZAKH BRITISH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Kazakhstan)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Construction management; Cost and schedule; Cost forecasting; Earned schedule; Earned value management; Growth model; Nonlinear regression

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; COST AND SCHEDULE; COST FORECASTING; EARNED SCHEDULES; EARNED VALUE MANAGEMENT; GROWTH MODELING; NON-LINEAR REGRESSION;

COST ESTIMATING; FORECASTING; INTEGRATION TESTING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84891408629     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000783     Document Type: Article

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