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Detecting unbalanced bids via an improved grading-based model

Organization, Technology and Management in Construction: an International Journal
Volume 12 (2020): Issue 1 (January 2020)
By: Gul Polat,  Harun Turkoglu,  Atilla Damci and  Firat Dogu Akin  
Open Access
|Mar 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/otmcj-2020-0004 | Journal eISSN: 1847-6228 | Journal ISSN: 1847-5450
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Language: English
Page range: 2072 - 2082
Submitted on: Dec 4, 2019
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Accepted on: Feb 21, 2020
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Published on: Mar 25, 2020
Published by: University of Zagreb
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
unbalanced bidding,
materially unbalanced bids,
detection model,
owners
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© 2020 Gul Polat, Harun Turkoglu, Atilla Damci, Firat Dogu Akin, published by University of Zagreb
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