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Apr 26, 2012
Simplified Investment Risk Appraisal in Port Infrastructure Project
Authors: Ryuji Kakimoto and Prianka N. SeneviratneAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Traffic and Transportation Studies (2000)
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This paper describes the application of the two-moments method and Monte Carlo simulation for analyzing investment risk in port infrastructure development. Advantages and limitations of applying these methods analysis when project costs and revenues are function of random variables. Using the Port of Colombo development project in Sri Lanka as an example, the use of two methods for making decisions about investment option and exploratory.
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Business management
- Construction costs
- Construction engineering
- Construction management
- Disaster risk management
- Engineering fundamentals
- Financial management
- Hydraulic engineering
- Hydraulic structures
- Infrastructure
- Infrastructure vulnerability
- Investments
- Management methods
- Methodology (by type)
- Monte Carlo method
- Numerical methods
- Ports and harbors
- Practice and Profession
- Project management
- Risk management
- Water and water resources
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Ryuji Kakimoto
Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Architecture & Civil Eng., Kumamoto Univ., Kurokami 2-39-1, Kumamoto 860-855, Japan
Prianka N. Seneviratne
Prof., Dept. of Civil & Env. Eng., Utah State Univ., Logan, UT 84322 4110, USA
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