DEVELOPING AN ANN MODEL TO SUGGESTS THE OPTIMUM TYPOLOGY FOR EFFECTIVELY MANAGING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

This paper aims to identify and analyze the factors that really affect the project success into the construction market in addition; the paper aims to develop an ANN-based model that helps construction firms in assessing/predicting their ongoing projects? outcome. Actually, this will improve the construction industry current overall performance and increases its ability to overcome the national market competitiveness and also, enhance the company?s international reputation. The suggested ANN model is designed to be used for public building projects. It could be used to assess the success of these projects' type in terms of a degree of variation in project time - frame. The model is developed for the identification of all project typology attributes for construction projects in Egypt and Gulf Area.