{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2346001082","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)co.1943-7862.0001174","title":"Reducing Data-Collection Efforts for Conceptual Cost Estimating at a Highway Agency","display_name":"Reducing Data-Collection Efforts for Conceptual Cost Estimating at a Highway Agency","publication_year":2016,"publication_date":"2016-05-05","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2346001082","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)co.1943-7862.0001174","mag":"2346001082"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1061/(asce)co.1943-7862.0001174","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)co.1943-7862.0001174","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)co.1943-7862.0001174","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764777209","display_name":"Journal of Construction Engineering and Management","issn_l":"0733-9364","issn":["0733-9364","1943-7862"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-a-star","anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","dongbi-b","jufo-2","norway-2","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310315747","host_organization_name":"American Society of Civil Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310315747"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["American Society of Civil Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Construction Engineering and Management","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"Brendon J. Gardner","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I173911158","display_name":"Iowa State University","ror":"https://ror.org/04rswrd78","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I173911158"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Brendon J. Gardner","raw_affiliation_strings":["Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA 50011-3232 (corresponding author)"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA 50011-3232 (corresponding author)","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I173911158"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5080619658","display_name":"Douglas D. Gransberg","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5588-5024","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5588-5024"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I173911158","display_name":"Iowa State University","ror":"https://ror.org/04rswrd78","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I173911158"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Douglas D. Gransberg","raw_affiliation_strings":["Professor, Dept. of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA 50011-3232","Professor, Dept. of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA 50011-3232. E-mail:"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Professor, Dept. of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA 50011-3232","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I173911158"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Professor, Dept. of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA 50011-3232. E-mail:","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I173911158"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5023847318","display_name":"H. David Jeong","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4074-1869","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4074-1869"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I173911158","display_name":"Iowa State University","ror":"https://ror.org/04rswrd78","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I173911158"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"H. David Jeong","raw_affiliation_strings":["Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA 50011-3232","Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA 50011-3232. E-mail:"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA 50011-3232","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I173911158"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA 50011-3232. E-mail:","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I173911158"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I173911158"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":3.6517,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":37,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.92784015,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"142","issue":"11","first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10395","display_name":"Construction Project Management and Performance","score":0.9897000193595886,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10395","display_name":"Construction Project Management and Performance","score":0.9897000193595886,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11918","display_name":"Forecasting Techniques and Applications","score":0.0024999999441206455,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11006","display_name":"BIM and Construction Integration","score":0.002199999988079071,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2215","display_name":"Building and Construction"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/highway-construction-costs","display_name":"highway construction costs","score":0.8619999885559082},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/multiple-linear-regression","display_name":"multiple linear regression","score":0.6819999814033508},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/neural-network","display_name":"artificial neural networks","score":0.9980000257492065},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/feature-selection","display_name":"feature selection","score":0.7210000157356262},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cost-estimation-accuracy","display_name":"cost estimation accuracy","score":0.6029999852180481},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/road-authorities","display_name":"road authorities","score":0.6669999957084656}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C108170787","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3951828","display_name":"Agency (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.6877793073654175},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C13606891","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2623243","display_name":"Conceptual model","level":2,"score":0.6526283025741577},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C14224292","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13600188","display_name":"Conceptual framework","level":2,"score":0.5793730020523071},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.5680260062217712},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C133462117","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4929239","display_name":"Data collection","level":2,"score":0.5476528406143188},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C93983250","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q795053","display_name":"Cost estimate","level":2,"score":0.5447893142700195},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120208923","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5158435","display_name":"Conceptual design","level":2,"score":0.47244077920913696},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C152877465","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q208042","display_name":"Regression analysis","level":2,"score":0.43717503547668457},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124101348","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172491","display_name":"Data mining","level":1,"score":0.39813995361328125},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C42475967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194292","display_name":"Operations research","level":1,"score":0.38435935974121094},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.25337862968444824},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105795698","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12483","display_name":"Statistics","level":1,"score":0.1910993754863739},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119857082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539","display_name":"Machine learning","level":1,"score":0.15561982989311218},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.12543421983718872},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C201995342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q682496","display_name":"Systems engineering","level":1,"score":0.11702802777290344},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107457646","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207434","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77088390","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8513","display_name":"Database","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1061/(asce)co.1943-7862.0001174","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)co.1943-7862.0001174","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)co.1943-7862.0001174","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764777209","display_name":"Journal of Construction Engineering and Management","issn_l":"0733-9364","issn":["0733-9364","1943-7862"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-a-star","anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","dongbi-b","jufo-2","norway-2","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310315747","host_organization_name":"American Society of Civil Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310315747"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["American Society of Civil Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Construction Engineering and Management","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","score":0.5378999710083008}],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/11","display_name":"Sustainable cities and communities","score":0.5400000214576721}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320311075","display_name":"Montana Department of Transportation","ror":"https://ror.org/00ys2za03"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":32,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W19127320","https://openalex.org/W36122091","https://openalex.org/W613938074","https://openalex.org/W658503337","https://openalex.org/W1523895391","https://openalex.org/W1527560079","https://openalex.org/W1605140183","https://openalex.org/W1782977420","https://openalex.org/W1966501783","https://openalex.org/W1969830822","https://openalex.org/W1970276632","https://openalex.org/W1973965874","https://openalex.org/W1984586132","https://openalex.org/W1985723273","https://openalex.org/W2014912911","https://openalex.org/W2023864852","https://openalex.org/W2031175291","https://openalex.org/W2064594688","https://openalex.org/W2074108363","https://openalex.org/W2079847520","https://openalex.org/W2090366132","https://openalex.org/W2120505807","https://openalex.org/W2128890213","https://openalex.org/W2141339204","https://openalex.org/W2155624022","https://openalex.org/W2162428651","https://openalex.org/W2162722164","https://openalex.org/W2630283268","https://openalex.org/W2993232522","https://openalex.org/W3102663523","https://openalex.org/W3141519232","https://openalex.org/W4285719527"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2300339262","https://openalex.org/W3173593718","https://openalex.org/W2150284203","https://openalex.org/W7160179633","https://openalex.org/W578754331","https://openalex.org/W4353068473","https://openalex.org/W2124380327","https://openalex.org/W4313250926","https://openalex.org/W7110577960","https://openalex.org/W3106876954"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Data-driven":[0],"models":[1,166],"using":[2,36,67,84,101,132],"historical":[3],"project":[4],"attributes":[5],"to":[6,49,52,58,108,128],"estimate":[7,72,93,97,111],"future":[8],"construction":[9],"costs,":[10],"such":[11],"as":[12],"multiple-regression":[13],"analysis":[14],"and":[15,138,153],"artificial":[16],"neural":[17],"networks":[18],"are":[19,160],"both":[20],"proven":[21],"techniques":[22,38],"that":[23,83,140,143],"highway":[24,80,136],"agencies":[25],"could":[26],"adopt":[27],"for":[28,78,167],"conceptual":[29,61,92,130,164],"cost":[30,120,152],"estimating.":[31],"This":[32,122],"research":[33],"found":[34],"literature":[35],"those":[37],"has":[39],"been":[40],"solely":[41],"focused":[42],"on":[43,148],"estimating":[44],"model":[45],"performance":[46],"with":[47,112],"little":[48],"no":[50],"attention":[51],"the":[53,60,79,91,102,125,149,168],"level":[54,115],"of":[55,105,116,158],"effort":[56,126,159],"required":[57],"conduct":[59],"estimate.":[62],"It":[63],"is":[64,118],"commonly":[65],"believed":[66],"more":[68,85,119],"input":[69,86,106,141],"data":[70,107,133],"enhances":[71],"accuracy.":[73,98],"However,":[74],"this":[75],"paper":[76,123],"finds":[77],"agency":[81,137,169],"studied":[82],"variables":[87,142],"than":[88],"necessary":[89],"in":[90,162],"does":[94],"not":[95],"improve":[96],"Conceptual":[99],"estimates":[100,131],"minimum":[103],"amount":[104,157],"produce":[109],"an":[110],"a":[113,135,145,155],"reasonable":[114],"confidence":[117],"effective.":[121],"quantifies":[124],"expended":[127],"undertake":[129],"from":[134],"concludes":[139],"have":[144],"large":[146],"influence":[147],"final":[150],"predicted":[151],"require":[154],"low":[156],"desired":[161],"data-driven":[163],"cost-estimating":[165],"studied.":[170]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-10-16T09:59:22.235173","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}