Fuzzy rule based system approach to assess cleaning costs of carpet flooring

Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-36

  Wang, N ^a   Horner, R M W ^b  

^a Faithful Gould Ltd

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carpet; Cleaning cost; Cost estimate; Fuzzy rule base system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993030481     PISSN: 13664387     EISSN: 17598443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13664380780001091     Document Type: Article

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