Credibility and applicability of virtual reality models in design and construction

Advanced Engineering Informatics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 520-528

  Woksepp, Stefan ^a,b   Olofsson, Thomas ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b NCC Engineering   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Case study; Construction project; Design stage; Planning; Questionnaire; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PELLETIZING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CASE STUDY; CONSTRUCTION PROJECT; DESIGN STAGE; PLANNING; QUESTIONNAIRE;

PROCESS ENGINEERING;

EID: 53149087814     PISSN: 14740346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aei.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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