A hybrid cross-impact approach to predicting cost variance of project delivery decisions for highways

Journal of Infrastructure Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Tran, Dai Q ^a   Molenaar, Keith R ^b   Alarcön, Luis F ^c  

^a University of Kansas   (United States)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cross impact analysis; Factor analysis; Monte carlo simulation; Project delivery selection

Indexed keywords

FACTOR ANALYSIS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; HIGHWAY PLANNING; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSPORTATION;

COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS; CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING; CROSS-IMPACT ANALYSIS; DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; PROJECT DELIVERY; PROJECT DELIVERY METHOD; RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

COST ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MOTORWAY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; ROAD CONSTRUCTION;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84958581073     PISSN: 10760342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IS.1943-555X.0000270     Document Type: Article

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