Reliability buffering for construction projects

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 626-637

  Park, Moonseo ^a   Peña Mora, Feniosky ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffeting; Construction management; Project management; Reliability; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BUFFERING; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; PROJECT MODELS; PROJECT PLANNING;

BRIDGES; BUFFETING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; MANAGERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODEL STRUCTURES; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RELIABILITY; SCHEDULING;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 13944281790     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2004)130:5(626)     Document Type: Article

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