Understanding and managing iterative error and change cycles in construction

System Dynamics Review

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-60

  Lee, SangHyun ^a   Peña Mora, Feniosky ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction management; Error and change management

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION; DECISION MAKING; ERROR ANALYSIS; MODELING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34249747198     PISSN: 08837066     EISSN: 10991727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sdr.359     Document Type: Article

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