Modelling information flow during the conceptual and schematic stages of building design

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 155-167

  Baldwin, A N ^a   Austin, S A ^a   Hassan, T M ^a   Thorpe, A ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conceptual and schematic design; Data flow diagrams; Design structure matrix; Information flow; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; DATA FLOW GRAPHS; DATA TRANSFER; FLOWCHARTING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MATRIX ALGEBRA; SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMS;

DATA FLOW DIAGRAMS; DESIGN STRUCTURE MATRICES; INFORMATION FLOWS; SCHEMATIC DESIGN; SIMULATION;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 0001641644     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461999371655     Document Type: Article

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