Economic evaluation of materials planning systems for construction

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-47

  Wong, Eric T T ^a   Norman, George ^b,c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction; Materials planning; Risk simulation

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BETA DISTRIBUTIONS; CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; EFFICIENT PLANNING; INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; MATERIALS MANAGEMENT;

COSTS;

EID: 0012102491     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461997373097     Document Type: Review

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