What should we require from a production system in construction?

Contruction Research Congress, Winds of Change: Integration and Innovation in Construction, Proceedings of the Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 347-354

  Koskela, Lauri ^a   Ballard, Glenn ^b,c  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Lean Construction Institute   (United States)

^c Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERIC REQUIREMENTS; LOCAL OPTIMA; PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; VALUE GENERATION;

COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INTEGRATION; MANUFACTURE; PLANNING; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCTION CONTROL; QUEUEING NETWORKS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 2342417885     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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