%0 Journal Article
%T Unit rate-based cost estimating – input and methods
%A Czarnigowska, Agata
%J Czasopismo Techniczne
%V 2014
%R 10.4467/2353737XCT.14.087.2537
%N Budownictwo Zeszyt 1-B (5) 2014
%P 95-103
%K cost estimate, construction cost models, case-based reasoning, construction price books
%@ 0011-4561
%D 2014
%U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/czasopismo-techniczne/artykul/unit-rate-based-cost-estimating-input-and-methods
%X 
	The paper investigates the so-called “simplified methods” of construction cost estimating: from the simplest single-rate estimates to complex elemental and feature-based cost analysis. Method databases of recorded or calculated unit rates and a wide choice of data manipulation techniques, such as intuitive or mathematically supported case-based reasoning, statistical inference and non-parametric modeling are looked at. The consequences of using input from real-life projects and uniform purpose-made calculations (such as those published in Polish pricebooks) are also analyzed.