Modelling the dynamic perfomance of a construction organization

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 127-136

  Tang, Yu Hoe ^a   Ogunlana, Stephen O ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Construction company; Malaysia; Performance modelling; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ECONOMICS; FINANCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CASUAL LOOP DIAGRAMS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 0038644500     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144619032000079699     Document Type: Article

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