DocumentCode
836985
Title
Construction risk assessment by linguistics
Author
Kangari, Roozbeh ; Riggs, Leland S.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Volume
36
Issue
2
fYear
1989
fDate
5/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
126
Lastpage
131
Abstract
The authors introduce the concept of construction project analysis by fuzzy set theory and provide a methodology for risk assessment by linguistics. It is shown that the use of fuzzy sets will allow an analyst to communicate degrees of risk of individual project elements to people in readily understood language terms. Once these individual risk elements are communicated, fuzzy set theory would then permit an evaluation of the overall risk of a construction project. An illustrative example is presented.<>
Keywords
construction industry; fuzzy set theory; project engineering; construction project analysis; fuzzy set theory; linguistics; risk assessment; Costs; Expert systems; Fuzzy set theory; Fuzzy sets; Job shop scheduling; Law; Natural languages; Risk analysis; Risk management; Uncertainty;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Engineering Management, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9391
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/17.18829
Filename
18829
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