A hybrid approach for developing special purpose simulation tools

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1505-1515

  Mohamed, Y ^a   AbouRizk, Simaan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automation; Computerized simulation; Construction management; Simulation models; Tunnel construction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CONSTRUCTION SIMULATION; SPECIAL PURPOSE SIMULATION TOOLS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRUCTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; TUNNEL;

EID: 34249794569     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/L06-073     Document Type: Article

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