02153nas|a2200253 i 450000500170000000800410001703500150005810000190007324500450009226000520013730000140018949000270020350001350023050200580036552010920042365000240151565000300153970000390156970000490160870000450165771000730170281000590177585600650183420260817171825.0290900s2000    th  uzm rtt  00|  a1eng d  a.b118104521 aHuang, Tzu-wei10aBuilding a learning facility into ACCEST  aBangkok :bAsian Institute of Technology,c2000  a87 leaves1 aThesis ;vno. ST-00-54  aA thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Civil Engineering  aThesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2000  aLeaming from previous performance in estimating cost is the best way to improve estimators' capability. Evidence shows that design estimators are not learning adequately from their previous performance in estimating. This failure to learn is attributable to the absence of a system to regularly monitor their performance. ACCEST (ACCuracy in ESTimating program) is a software program first developed by Ogunlana (1989) in the United Kingdom used initially to analyze the accuracy of design estimates. After previous developers, Yeo (1995), Phongsupatsamit (1997) and Naksomvongkul (1999), the program can be used in different operating systems and the human-machine interface is more friendly. The main function of WinACCEST99 is limited to analyzing accuracy of individual construction costs. Estimators can not learn sufficiently from experience on past projects at the same time. To solve this problem, a learning facility was built into WinACCEST99. Estimators can get the needed historical data and learn from the program. The new version is named WinACCEST99 Plus Leaming Facility.10aBuildingxEstimates10aACCEST (Computer program)1 aOgunlana, Stephen O.,eChairperson0 aChotchai Charoenngam,eExamination Committee1 aTerrence Clayton,eExamination committee2 aRet-Ser Engineering Corporation (Chinese Taipei),eScholarship Donor2 aAsian Institute of Technology.tThesis ;vno. ST-00-54  3Full-Textuhttp://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B06513