Multi-agent framework for general-purpose situational simulations in the construction management domain

Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 165-176

  Rojas, Eddy M ^a   Mukherjee, Amlan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Construction management; Models; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; EDUCATION ENVIRONMENTS; TRAINING ENVIRONMENTS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; EDUCATION; PERSONNEL TRAINING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 33646174007     PISSN: 08873801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3801(2006)20:3(165)     Document Type: Article

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