A building's refurbishment knowledge-based decision support system

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 35, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 237-249

  Kaklauskas, Arturas ^a   Zavadskas, Edmundas Kazimieras ^a   Galiniene, Birute ^b  

^a VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Building's refurbishment; Environment; Knowledge based decision support system

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION;

BUILDING REFURBISHMENTS; BUILDING'S REFURBISHMENT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM (DSS); ENVIRONMENT; INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE; KNOWLEDGE BASED DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM; THINKING PROCESS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

BUILDING; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HOME; KNOWLEDGE; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 57149110430     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijep.2008.021358     Document Type: Article

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