Modeling the construction management process to support situational simulations

Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 273-280

  Rojas, Eddy M ^a   Mukherjee, Amlan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction management; Decision making; Models; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL SOFTWARE; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PROCESS; INFORMATION MODEL; PROJECT MANAGERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; VIRTUAL REALITY; WORLD WIDE WEB;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 2342434061     PISSN: 08873801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3801(2003)17:4(273)     Document Type: Article

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