Development of a decision support system using data warehousing to assist builders/developers in site selection

Automation in Construction

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 525-542

  Ahmad, Irtishad ^a   Azhar, Salman ^a   Lukauskis, Pranas ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lukas Construction LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Data warehouse; Decision support system (DSS); Land development; Online analytical processing (OLAP); Site selection

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BUILDINGS; DATA WAREHOUSES; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUERY LANGUAGES; SITE SELECTION;

DATABASE MANAGEMENT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS (DSS); LAND DEVELOPMENT; ONLINE ANALYTICAL PROCESSING (OLAP);

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 2642550850     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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