ToolSHeDTM: The development and evaluation of a decision support tool for health and safety in construction design

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 336-351

  Cooke, Tracy ^a   Lingard, Helen ^a   Blismas, Nick ^a   Stranieri, Andrew ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Centre for Informatics and Applied Optimization   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Construction industry; Decision support systems; Design; Knowledge processes; Occupational health and safety

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER TESTING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; EXPERT SYSTEMS; HEALTH RISKS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PAPER COATING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS ENGINEERING; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY TESTING;

DECISION SUPPORT TOOL (DST); DESIGN PROCESSES; DESIGN SAFETY; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; INHERENT LIMITATIONS; INNOVATIVE METHODS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS; PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; ROOF MAINTENANCE; RULE BASED EXPERT SYSTEM (RBES); WEB BASED SYSTEMS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CONSTRUCTION; DATA PROCESSING; DECISION MAKING; EXPERT SYSTEMS; HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 47249128520     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09699980810886847     Document Type: Article

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