An ontology for relating features with activities to calculate costs

Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 243-254

  Staub French, Sheryl ^a   Fischer, Martin ^b,c   Kunz, John ^c   Paulson, Boyd ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Dept Civ/Environ Eng/Comp Sci ^*

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Building design; Computer models; Construction costs; Cost estimates; Information management

Indexed keywords

BUILDING DESIGN; COMPUTER MODELS; CONSTRUCTION COSTS; COST ESTIMATES; ONTOLOGY;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BUILDINGS; COSTS; FEEDBACK; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 14644389944     PISSN: 08873801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3801(2003)17:4(243)     Document Type: Article

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