Modeling construction processes using artificial neural networks

Automation in Construction

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 307-320

  Flood, Ian ^a   Christophilos, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction simulation; Discrete event simulation; Dynamic modeling; Earthmoving systems; Neural networks; Static modeling; Stochastic behavior

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHMOVING MACHINERY; NEURAL NETWORKS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; STATIC MODELING;

CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0029776114     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0926-5805(95)00011-9     Document Type: Article

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