Representing causal mechanism of defective designs: Exploration through case studies

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 183-192

  Andi, ^a   Minato, Takayuki ^b  

^a PETRA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active failures; Correspondence analysis; Defective design; Defences failures; Human error; Influencing factors

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DEFECTS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

DEFECTIVE DESIGN; WORKPLACE;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

DESIGN;

EID: 1842842998     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144619042000201385     Document Type: Article

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