Benchmarking construction waste management performance using big data

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 105, Issue , 2015, Pages 49-58

  Lu, Weisheng ^a   Chen, Xi ^a   Peng, Yi ^b   Shen, Liyin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Big data; Construction waste management (CWM); Data mining; Hong Kong; Key performance indicator (KPI); Waste generation rate (WGR)

Indexed keywords

BIG DATA; CONTRACTORS; DATA MINING; TOLL HIGHWAYS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION WASTE MANAGEMENTS; CONSTRUCTION WASTES; HONG-KONG; KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; ROBUST ANALYSIS; TOLL SYSTEM; WASTE GENERATION RATES;

BENCHMARKING;

BENCHMARKING; CONSTRUCTION; DATA MINING; DATA SET; DEMOLITION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BIG DATA; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONSTRUCTION WASTE MANAGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA MINING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; HONG KONG; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR; MACHINE LEARNING; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE GENERATION RATE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84946559072     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2015.10.013     Document Type: Article

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