Effectiveness comparison of the residential property mass appraisal methodologies in the USA

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Chung Chun Lin, Satish B. Mohan, (2011) "Effectiveness comparison of the residential property mass appraisal methodologies in the USA", International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis, Vol. 4 Issue: 3, pp.224-243, doi: 10.1108/17538271111153013

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/17538271111153013

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United States of America, Neural nets, Residential properties, Statistical methods, Housing price estimation

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Research paper

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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Lin, C.C., Mohan, S.B. and Hutson, A. (2010), “Housing price estimation using statistical methods and GIS technology”, paper submitted to Journal of Housing Economics, Manuscript Number: JHEC‐D‐10‐00042, April 22. [Google Scholar]

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Lin, C.C., Mohan, S.B. and Hutson, A. (2010), “An additive nonparametric regression model for mass appraisal of residential housing”, Empirical Economics, Manuscript Number: MS 2010230, August 13. [Google Scholar]