Computer integrated construction: A review and proposals for future direction

Advances in Engineering Software

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 677-687

  Boddy, Stefan ^a   Rezgui, Yacine ^a   Cooper, Grahame ^a   Wetherill, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer integrated construction; Process integration; Product data modelling; Semantic Web services

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; DATA STRUCTURES; SEMANTIC WEB;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED CONSTRUCTION (CIC); GENERIC SYSTEM; OUTLINE VISION; SPACE SPANNING; VIRTUAL ORGANISATION;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 34447279048     PISSN: 09659978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advengsoft.2006.10.007     Document Type: Article

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