Analyzing the Relationship between Contractor’s Qualification Measures and Project Quality in Research Projects: a Case Study

Iranmanesh, Seyed Hossein; Shakhsi Niaei, Majid; Sobhani, Fateme; Abdollahzade, Majid

doi:10.22059/jieng.2014.52910

Analyzing the Relationship between Contractor’s Qualification Measures and Project Quality in Research Projects: a Case Study

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ School of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, I.R. Iran

² Institute for International Energy Studies (IIES)

³ Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Pardis Branch, Islamic Azad University, Pardis New City, Tehran, I.R.

10.22059/jieng.2014.52910

Abstract

This paper proposes a neuro fuzzy model for analyzing the relationship between contractor’s qualifications and project quality in research projects. The proposed model has been implemented in a research-based organization, IIES. Cross validation method has been used in order to generate some set of data which have been used for different evaluations. The proposed neuro fuzzy model has dominated the linear regression model not only in average, but also in each data set. Moreover, the results showed a confident relationship between project quality and three criteria used for evaluating the contractor’s qualifications.

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