Multi-agent distributed coordination of project schedule changes

Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 412-425

  Kim, Keesoo ^a   Paulson Jr , Boyd C ^b  

^a Daewoo Electronics Co   (South Korea)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES;

WORKSPACE MANAGEMENT;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0142249412     PISSN: 10939687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8667.00327     Document Type: Article

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