Upstream problem solving under uncertainty and ambiguity: Evidence from airport expansion projects

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 508-522

  Gil, Nuno ^a   Beckman, Sara ^b   Tommelein, Iris D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Univ of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Airports; Engineering design; Infrastructure projects; Uncertainty; Upstream problem solving

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; DECISION MAKING; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK PERCEPTION; SEMANTICS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TECHNOLOGY;

AIRPORT EXPANSIONS; AIRPORTS; BUILDING SUBSYSTEMS; CASE STUDY RESEARCH; CONCURRENT DEVELOPMENT; DESIGN DEFINITION; DESIGN SOLUTIONS; DESIGN UNDER UNCERTAINTY; ENGINEERING DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES; HIGH SENSITIVITIES; INCREMENTAL CHANGES; INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS; LOW SENSITIVITY; MODULAR DESIGNS; MODULAR FASHION; PHYSICAL INTERFACES; PRELIMINARY INFORMATION; UNCERTAINTY; UPSTREAM PROBLEM SOLVING;

RIVERS;

EID: 49149112435     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2008.922635     Document Type: Article

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