Developing a theory of construction problem solving

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 721-727

  Li, Heng ^a   Love, P E D ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitivism; Decision support systems; Information processing; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; DATA PROCESSING; DECISION THEORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

COGNITIVE SCIENCE; COGNITIVISM; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; CONSTRUCTION PROBLEM; RESEARCH DOMAINS; RESEARCH NEEDS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 12444298113     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014461998372015     Document Type: Article

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