A strategy of knowledge elicitation for developing an integrated bidding/production management expert system for the precast industry

Advances in Engineering Software

Volumn 25, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 225-234

  Dawood, N N ^a  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bidding; Expert systems; Information systems; Precasting

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INFERENCE ENGINES; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PLANNING; PRECAST CONCRETE;

BIDDING; PRECASTING;

EXPERT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030103196     PISSN: 09659978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0965-9978(95)00091-7     Document Type: Article

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