This white paper explores how the reliable information held within a building information model can be used to support cost estimating. The paper outlines approaches used to link BIM and costing solutions, and then provides examples of firms who are using Revit software products in conjunction with various cost estimating solutions, offering insight as to how information from BIM is benefiting ...

This paper examines the interplay between biometric technologies and advanced analytics, referred to as biometric analytics, as a way to detect fraudulent entries in a biometric system. We follow a systematic approach, based on cost estimating standards, to ascertain whether deploying such a capability is worthwhile. A simple case study is presented that illustrates the key aspects of our analy...

OBJECTIVE To develop a new method for estimating the cost to governments of enacting public health legislation. METHODS We adopted a central government perspective in estimating costs. The parliamentary cost of legislative acts and regulations in New Zealand was calculated from the proportion of parliamentary time devoted to law-making (i.e. sitting days in the debating chamber), and the cost...

in this paper, the concept of conjectural variation (cv) is used to specify optimal generation decision for generation companies (gencos). the conjecture of genco is defined as its belief or expectation about the reaction of rivals to change of its output. using cv method, each genco has to learn and estimate strategic behaviors of other competitors from available historical market operation da...