Ontological foundations for agent support in constructability assessment of steel structures - A case study

Automation in Construction

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 99-114

  Ugwu, O O ^a   Anumba, C J ^b   Thorpe, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constructability; Knowledge management; Knowledge structures; Knowledge based systems; Ontology; Problem solving; Rule based agents

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOFTWARE AGENTS;

CONSTRUCTABILITY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE STRUCTURES; ONTOLOGY; RULE-BASED AGENTS;

STEEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 10444255531     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2004.08.009     Document Type: Article

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