A hybrid knowledge base system and genetic algorithms for equipment selection

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-14

  Naoum, Shamil ^a   Haidar, Ali ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Earthwork; Equipment selection; Genetic algorithms; Knowledge base systems; Optimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 13944277455     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb021128     Document Type: Review

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