Analysis of the accuracy of standard/average value curves using food retail building projects as case studies

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 58-67

  Evans, R C ^a   Kaka, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cash flow forecasting; Food retail superstores; Logit transformation; S curves; Value curves

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992975036     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb021061     Document Type: Review

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