Holistic enhancement of the production analysis of bituminous paving operations

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 417-432

  Gowda, R K ^a   Singh, Amarjit ^a   Connolly, Michael ^a  

^a University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclone; Modelling; Process; Productivity; Simulation; Utility factor

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION; CONTRACTORS; DECISION MAKING; MODELS; PAVEMENTS; PROCESSING; PRODUCTIVITY; SOLID WASTES; STORMS;

CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS; DETERMINISTIC ANALYSIS; PRODUCTION ANALYSIS; PRODUCTION PARAMETERS; SIMULATION; SIMULATION SOFTWARE; UTILITY FACTOR; WASTE OF RESOURCES;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 12444254344     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461998372204     Document Type: Article

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