Sha, K; Deng, X; Chen, Q and Xie, B (1997) Evolution of cost estimating system in China: Intelligent estimator for Shandong Province (IES) to general intelligent estimator (GIE). Building Research & Information, 25(1), pp. 11-14. ISSN 0961-3218
Abstract
IES was the first knowledge-based cost estimating system with distinctive Chinese features and has been developed over the past four years, increasing the speed of estimating twelvefold in Shandong Province. GIE, the system. for the whole of China is being tested in Jiangsu Province and the authors anticipate that other provinces will adopt the method, thus raising estimating standards in China as a whole.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | China; construction; general intelligent estimator; gie; ies; intelligent estimator for shandong province |
| Index terms: | China, evolution, cost estimating, estimator, estimating |
| Subjects: | profession, financial and cost management, environmental science, Geography |
| Topics: | Geographical Context, Cost Management, Roles and Professions, Sustainability |
| Descriptive scope: | 1 P |
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