Object-oriented simulation model for earthmoving operations

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 173-181

  Marzouk, Mohamed ^a   Moselhi, Osama ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Earthmoving; Simulation models

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; COSTS; DATA STRUCTURES; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

EARTHMOVING; OBJECT ORIENTED SIMULATION MODELS; SIMULATION ENGINES; SIMULATION MODELS;

CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0242633355     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2003)129:2(173)     Document Type: Article

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