Cell-based representation and analysis of spatial resources in construction simulation

Automation in Construction

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 436-448

  Zhang, Cheng ^a   Hammad, Amin ^b   Zayed, Tarek M ^a   Wainer, Gabriel ^c   Pang, Hong ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b Carleton University ^*  (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell based modeling; Conflicts; Construction simulation; DEVS; Spatial resources

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PRODUCTIVITY;

CELL-BASED MODELING; CONSTRUCTION SIMULATION TOOLS TO; SPACE CONFLICTS;

RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 33847335678     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2006.07.009     Document Type: Article

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