Intelligence approach to production planning system for bespoke precast concrete products

Automation in Construction

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 737-745

  Benjaoran, Vacharapoom ^a   Dawood, Nashwan ^b  

^a Department of Mathematics   (Thailand)

^b TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Offsite prefabrication; Precast concrete products; Production planning

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

CUSTOMER LEAD-TIME; OFFSITE PREFABRICATION; PRECAST CONCRETE PRODUCTS; PRODUCTION PLANNING;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 33748155228     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2005.09.007     Document Type: Article

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