GA-ANN model for optimizing the locations of tower crane and supply points for high-rise public housing construction

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 257-266

  Tam, C M ^a   Tong, Thomas K L ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithms; Public housing construction; Site layout; Tower crane

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTION PLANNING; NEURAL NETWORKS; PLANT LAYOUT;

NON-LINEAR OPERATIONS;

TOWER CRANES;

SOCIAL HOUSING;

EID: 0037647504     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144619032000049665     Document Type: Article

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