Lognormal distribution provides an optimum representation of the concrete delivery and placement process

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 230-238

  Graham, L Darren ^a   Smith, Simon D ^a   Dunlop, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concrete placing; Probability density function; Probability distribution; Stochastic processes; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; NEURAL NETWORKS; PETRI NETS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PUMPS; QUEUEING THEORY; RANDOM PROCESSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BATCHING; FLEXIBILITY; LOAD DISCHARGE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONCRETE PLACING;

EID: 12744256710     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2005)131:2(230)     Document Type: Article

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