Dynamic quantification and analysis of the construction workspace congestion utilising 4D visualisation

Automation in Construction

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 640-655

  Mallasi, Zaki ^a  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

4D CAD; Activities' execution space; Critical space time analysis; Visualisation; Workspace planning

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SCHEDULING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

4D CAD; ACTIVITIES' EXECUTION SPACE; CRITICAL SPACE-TIME ANALYSIS (CSA); WORKSPACE PLANNING;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 33746364173     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2005.08.005     Document Type: Article

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