Enhancing project evaluation and review technique simulation through artificial neural network-based input modeling

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 438-445

  Lu, Ming ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Neural networks; Project management; Sampling; Simulation; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DATA PROCESSING; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERT; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BETA DISTRIBUTIONS; INPUT MODELING; PROJECT EVALUATION AND REVIEW TECHNIQUE (PERT); SHAPE PARAMETERS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 9144263820     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2002)128:5(438)     Document Type: Review

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