Optimal lighting arrangements for nighttime highway construction projects

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 131, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1292-1300

  El Rayes, Khaled ^a   Hyari, Khalied ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Decision support systems; Highway construction; Light, artificial; Nighttime construction; Optimization

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION; LIGHT, ARTIFICIAL; NIGHTTIME CONSTRUCTION;

ALGORITHMS; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 29044436435     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2005)131:12(1292)     Document Type: Article

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