A consortium sponsored knowledge-based system for managerial decision making in industrial construction

Interfaces

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 9-23

  Gupta, Vipul K ^a   Fisher, Deborah J ^b   Murtaza, Mirza B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^b MSC01 1070   (United States)

^c Florida A and M University   (United States)

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EID: 0040522823     PISSN: 00922102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/inte.26.6.9     Document Type: Article

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