Distributed ontology architecture for knowledge management in highway construction

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 591-603

  El Diraby, T E ^a   Kashif, K F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Highway construction; Information management; Infrastructure; Knowledge based systems

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DATA ACQUISITION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; SEMANTICS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION; INFRASTRUCTURE; RESOURCE DESCRIPTION FRAMEWORK (RDF); STAKEHOLDERS;

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING;

EID: 18744412427     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2005)131:5(591)     Document Type: Article

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