Hierarchical and modular modeling of structural steel erection process using Petri Nets

Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-88

  Sawhney, Anil ^a   Mund, André ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction; Hierarchical; Modular; Petri nets; Process modeling; Simulation; Structural steel

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PETRI NETS; STEEL CONSTRUCTION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CONSTRUCTION PROCESS; ERECTION PROCESS; HIERARCHY; MODULARITY;

STEEL STRUCTURES;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 0347752511     PISSN: 10286608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02630259908970274     Document Type: Article

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