Comparing Cost Prediction Methods for Apartment Housing Projects: CBR versus ANN

Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 113-120

  Kim, Sang Yong ^a   Choi, Jae Won ^b   Kim, Gwang Hee ^c   Kang, Kyung In ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b HYUNDAI Engineering and Construction   (South Korea)

^c Mokpo National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apartment house; Artificial neural networks; Case based reasoning; Cost estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994360479     PISSN: 13467581     EISSN: 13472852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3130/jaabe.4.113     Document Type: Article

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