{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2399811903","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-073-4-365","title":"Labor Cost Modeling to Reduce Project Risk in Urban Self-Building in Cameroon","display_name":"Labor Cost Modeling to Reduce Project Risk in Urban Self-Building in Cameroon","publication_year":2012,"publication_date":"2012-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2399811903","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-073-4-365","mag":"2399811903"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.3233/978-1-61499-073-4-365","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-073-4-365","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210201731","display_name":"Frontiers in artificial intelligence and applications","issn_l":"0922-6389","issn":["0922-6389","1879-8314"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications","raw_type":"book-chapter"},"type":"book-chapter","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":"Manjia Marcelline Blanche","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Manjia Marcelline Blanche","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5116395724","display_name":"Kouamou Georges E.","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Kouamou Georges E.","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5039665612","display_name":"Chrispin Pettang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5789-8654"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Pettang Chrispin","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":2,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.20682303,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":94},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"365","last_page":"376"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11006","display_name":"BIM and Construction Integration","score":0.20600000023841858,"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"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11006","display_name":"BIM and Construction Integration","score":0.20600000023841858,"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/labor-cost","display_name":"Labor cost","score":0.43914878368377686},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/economics","display_name":"Economics","score":0.3253210484981537},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.24154528975486755}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3020572553","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5280351","display_name":"Labor cost","level":2,"score":0.43914878368377686},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.3253210484981537},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.24154528975486755},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78519656","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101333","display_name":"Mechanical engineering","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.3233/978-1-61499-073-4-365","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-073-4-365","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210201731","display_name":"Frontiers in artificial intelligence and applications","issn_l":"0922-6389","issn":["0922-6389","1879-8314"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications","raw_type":"book-chapter"},{"id":"mag:2399811903","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/ifip8-3/dss2012.html#ManjiaKP12","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":null,"raw_source_name":"Decision Support Systems","raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/11","score":0.4099999964237213,"display_name":"Sustainable cities and communities"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4391375266","https://openalex.org/W1502198272","https://openalex.org/W2017540542","https://openalex.org/W2006758266","https://openalex.org/W2066504725","https://openalex.org/W1527813328","https://openalex.org/W2073254488","https://openalex.org/W2104764082","https://openalex.org/W2070530935","https://openalex.org/W1549310245"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0],"informal":[1,26,53,141],"sector":[2,19],"of":[3,13,20,43,63,69,77,81,86,88,111],"housing":[4,14],"provision,":[5],"although":[6],"difficult,":[7],"has":[8],"become":[9],"the":[10,17,41,52,67,75,79,84,92,101,109,130,134,138],"principal":[11],"method":[12],"provision":[15],"within":[16],"construction":[18,82,140],"most":[21],"developing":[22],"countries.":[23],"As":[24],"an":[25,98],"sector,":[27,54],"practices":[28],"are":[29],"characterized":[30],"by":[31],"ambiguous":[32],"management":[33,72],"approaches.":[34],"This":[35],"situation":[36],"leads":[37],"to":[38,74,114,132],"delays":[39],"in":[40,100,137],"completion":[42],"some":[44,89],"projects.":[45],"Five":[46],"major":[47],"difficulties":[48],"characterize":[49],"and":[50,91],"depreciate":[51],"then":[55],"generate":[56],"its":[57],"main":[58],"complexity.":[59],"These":[60],"include":[61],"disparity":[62],"constructions":[64],"funds":[65],"sources,":[66],"abstruse":[68],"labor":[70],"cost":[71,125],"due":[73],"self-employment":[76],"workers,":[78],"irrationality":[80],"means,":[83],"lack":[85],"standardization":[87],"materials":[90],"land":[93],"insecurity.":[94],"Those":[95],"factors":[96],"have":[97],"impact":[99],"project":[102,135],"risk.":[103],"Even":[104],"though":[105],"we":[106],"cannot":[107],"reduce":[108],"resultant":[110],"this":[112,116],"risk":[113,136],"zero,":[115],"paper":[117],"presents":[118],"a":[119],"decision":[120],"support":[121],"aid":[122],"(SIAD)":[123],"for":[124],"control":[126],"that":[127],"can":[128],"help":[129],"self-constructor":[131],"minimize":[133],"unregulated":[139],"sector.":[142]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-05-21T06:26:12.895304","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}