Effort and effectiveness considerations in computational design evaluation: A case study

Building and Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1651-1664

  Mahdavi, Ardeshir ^a   El Bellahy, Shukri ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Buildings; Computation; Energy; Life cycle; Modeling; Performance

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; PERFORMANCE;

DECISION SUPPORT; SOFTWARE ACQUISITION;

BUILDINGS;

BUILDING; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL;

EID: 23144445666     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2004.11.014     Document Type: Article

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