“…Such a cost model can be statistical or generative-analytical (Layer, Brinke, & Houten, 2002) depending on the nature of the process, the information available, the required level of accuracy and cost variables. Many dedicated cost models (Bariani, Berti, & D' Angelo, 1993;Jung, 2002;Nagahanumaiah, Mukherjee & Ravi, 2005;Park & Simpson, 2005) and general cost models (Allen & Swift, 1990;Esawi & Ashby, 2003;Niazi, Dai, Balabani, & Seneviratne, 2006;Weustink, ten Brinke, Streppel, & Kals, 2000;Yang & Lin, 1997) can be found in the literature (Table A1).…”