Building Cost Modelling

Theory, Technique and Practice

John Raftery, Sid Newton (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

304 Seiten

1991
Blackwell Science Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-632-03201-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Provides access, in plain language, to the theory of cost modelling and the emerging practical techniques, drawing on examples.

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This book provides a comprehensive study of cost modelling and its use in the financial management of building projects. It includes a thorough review of current research, together with a critical assessment of the modelling techniques available - both new and traditional. Modelling techniques will be explained and demonstrated with the use of practical examples, and each technique will be assessed in terms of its current development and potential to influence future practice.

Inhalt

Part 1 Introduction: models and reality; the role of cost models in construction economics; cost data. Part 2 Cost modelling - theory, technique and practice: in-place methods; statistical methods; resource-based methods; life-cycle methods; risk and uncertainty; expert systems. Part 3 Conclusions and agenda for research: empirical studies of estimating accuracy; unresolved problems in cost modelling; an agenda for research.

Produkt-Details

• Zusatzinfo: 50 illustrations
• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 156 x 234 mm
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Finanz- / Wirtschaftsmathematik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Bauwesen
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Controlling / Kostenrechnung
• ISBN-10: 0-632-03201-4 / 0632032014
• ISBN-13: 978-0-632-03201-3 / 9780632032013
• Zustand: Neuware