Optimal construction project planning

Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1704-1708

  AbouRizk, Simaan ^a   Mohamed, Yasser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; FUZZY SETS; MARKOV PROCESSES; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

DATA MODELING;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 0036926538     PISSN: 02750708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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