Agent-based simulation for collaborative cranes

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2051-2056

  Zhang, Cheng ^a   Hammad, Amin ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING;

AGENT-BASED SIMULATION; CASE STUDIES; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CRANE OPERATIONS; ON-LINE NAVIGATION; PATH PLANNING; SIMULATION APPROACH; SIMULATION MODELLING;

CRANES;

EID: 49849106660     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2007.4419836     Document Type: Conference Paper

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