A hybrid mechanism for optimizing construction simulation models

Automation in Construction

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-98

  Cheng, Tao Ming ^a,c   Feng, Chung Wei ^b   Chen, Yan Liang ^a  

^a CHAOYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Construction; Hybrid mechanism; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PLANNING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SCHEDULING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CONSTRUCTION TASKS; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; HYBRID MECHANISMS; SIMULATION MODELS;

CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 10444251125     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2004.07.014     Document Type: Article

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