Modeling of residential structure fire response: Exploring the hyper-project

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 530-541

  Simpson, N C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Case field study; Project management; Service operations; Simulation quant methods

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIRE PROTECTION; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CASE/FIELD STUDY; NON EMERGENCY APPLICATIONS; SERVICE OPERATIONS; SIMULATION/QUANT METHODS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33747882873     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2005.11.010     Document Type: Article

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