A discrete event simulation model to analyze the residential construction inspection process

Proceedings of the 2005 ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1415-1425

  Sawhney, Anil ^a   Bashford, Howard ^a   Palaniappan, Sivakumar ^a   Walsh, Kenneth ^b   Thompson, Jacqueline ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGC Paul S Roel Chair in Construction Engineering and Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete event simulation model; Home building; Inspection; Residential construction

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION MODEL; HOME BUILDING; RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION;

BUILDING CODES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; EXTRAPOLATION; INSPECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTION;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 27144464137     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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