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Unbalanced bidding on contracts with variation trends in client-provided quantities

Tong Yizhe Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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LU Youjie Department of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Pages 69-80 | Published online: 28 Jul 2006

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