Research Article

ANN Based Approach for Estimation of Construction Costs of Sports Fields

Table 2

General relationship between the three categorical variables and cost (source: own study).

Location of a facilityType of the playing field surfaceQuality standard of the playing field’s surfaceCost

Urban area, big citiesArtificial grassHigh demandsHigher
Urban area, medium citiesModerate demands
Urban area, small citiesNatural grassLower
Outside the urban area, villagesLow demands