Analysis of Cost and Schedule Variances in Construction Works with Artificial Intelligence Approaches: The Case of Turkey

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dc.contributor.author Savas Bayram; Department of Civil Engineering, Erciyes University
dc.contributor.author Mehmet Emin Ocal; Department of Civil Engineering, Cukurova University
dc.contributor.author Emel Laptali Oral; 3Department of Civil Engineering, Cukurova University
dc.date 2013-06-14 08:54:00
dc.date.accessioned 2013-07-15T11:48:48Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-11-23T16:10:14Z
dc.date.available 2013-07-15T11:48:48Z
dc.date.available 2015-11-23T16:10:14Z
dc.date.issued 2013-07-15
dc.identifier http://ecs.epoka.edu.al/index.php/iscce/iscce2012/paper/view/535
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.epoka.edu.al/handle/1/655
dc.description.abstract Realistic estimation of construction cost is a vital issue for both successful planningand completion of every construction project. However, fluctuations in input prices due to the unexpected changes in factors like inflation and supply/demand balance make realistic costestimation very difficult to achieve. Thus, various estimation methods have been developedand these can be grouped as methods based on; statistics-probability analysis, comparison with similar projects and artificial intelligence techniques.Statistics-probability analysis is the most widely used method for construction costestimation in Turkey. Based on the so called method, Ministry of the Environment and Urbanism publishes and updates "Unit Costs of Construction" every year and the data is widely used for preliminary cost estimation by both the contractors and the developers.Meanwhile, methods based on artificial intelligence techniques are rarely used within the industry. Thus, the aim of this study has been to compare the estimation results obtained by using statistics-probability analysis and artificial intelligent techniques. In order to achieve this, construction cost data from 198 projects; completed between 2004-2010 in Izmir (the third largest city in Turkey) were used. Multi layer perceptron (MLP) and grid partitioning algorithm (GPA) were used to obtain estimation results and root mean square error (RMSE)and coefficient of determination (R2) were calculated for comparisons.
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dc.language en
dc.publisher International Student Conference of Civil Engineering
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dc.source International Student Conference of Civil Engineering; International Student Conference of Civil Engineering
dc.subject Project preliminary cost; project schedule; cost variance; multi layer perceptron; grid partitioning algorithm
dc.title Analysis of Cost and Schedule Variances in Construction Works with Artificial Intelligence Approaches: The Case of Turkey
dc.type Peer-reviewed Paper


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