Automated statistical analysis in stochastic project scheduling simulation

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 268-277

  Lee, Dong Eun ^a   Arditi, David ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction management; Critical path method; Probability; Scheduling; Simulation; Statistics

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; CRITICAL PATH METHOD;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PROBABILITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RANDOM PROCESSES; SCHEDULING;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 32944482015     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2006)132:3(268)     Document Type: Review

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