Distributed agent-based simulation of construction projects with hla

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 2413-2420

  Taghaddos, Hosein ^a   AbouRizk, Simaan M ^a   Mohamed, Yasser ^a   Ourdev, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; DISTRIBUTED AGENTS; HIGH-LEVEL ARCHITECTURES; INDIVIDUAL MODELING; LARGE-SCALE PROJECTS; PROJECT EXECUTIONS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARES; RESOURCE UTILIZATIONS; SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATIONS; SIMULATION MODELS; SIMULATION TECHNIQUES; TIME-CONSUMING PROCESS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 60749120917     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2008.4736349     Document Type: Conference Paper

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