A formal mapping-based approach for distributed schedule coordination on projects

Advanced Engineering Informatics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 104-115

  Siddiqui, Mohsin K ^a   O'Brien, William J ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed processes; Process coordination; Project management; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

BREAKDOWN STRUCTURES; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; DISTRIBUTED PROCESSES; DISTRIBUTED SCHEDULES; FORMAL MAPPINGS; GENERAL CONTRACTORS; INITIAL SCHEDULES; LEVEL OF DETAILS; MANUAL TASKS; PROCESS COORDINATION; PROCESS COORDINATIONS; PROJECT PARTICIPANTS; PROJECT SCHEDULES; RAPID IDENTIFICATIONS; SCHEDULE CHANGES;

SCHEDULING;

EID: 57549090622     PISSN: 14740346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aei.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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