Application of Weibull analysis to evaluate and forecast schedule performance in repetitive projects

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Baqerin, Mohammad H ^a   Shafahi, Yousef ^b   Kashani, Hamed ^b  

^a SPI International Proprietary Limited   (Iran)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Earned value method; Quantitative methods; Repetitive projects; Weibull analysis

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; FORECASTING; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; VALUE ENGINEERING; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

ACTIVITY BASED MODELING; EARNED VALUE; PROBABILISTIC ASSESSMENTS; PROBABILISTIC EVALUATION; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; REPETITIVE PROJECTS; UPPER AND LOWER BOUNDS; WEIBULL ANALYSIS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84954535147     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0001040     Document Type: Article

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