Time-cost-quality trade-off analysis for highway construction

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 477-486

  El Rayes, Khaled ^a   Kandil, Amr ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Construction industry; Contracts; Cost control; Highway construction; Information technology (IT)

Indexed keywords

COST CONTROL; CREW OVERTIME POLICY; HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION; TRADE-OFF ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTRACTS; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; VISUALIZATION;

ROAD CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 15944361924     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2005)131:4(477)     Document Type: Article

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