Development of a decision support system for residential construction using panellised walls: Approach and preliminary results

Ergonomics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-103

  Nussbaum, Maury A ^a   Shewchuk, John P ^a   Kim, Sunwook ^a   Seol, Hyang ^a   Guo, Cheng ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Prevention through design; Residential construction; Risk assessment; Task analysis

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT TASKS; COMPUTATIONAL IMPLEMENTATIONS; CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES; CONSTRUCTION DESIGN; CONSTRUCTION WORKERS; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; END USERS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION; TASK ANALYSIS; WORK-RELATED MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; DESIGN; ERGONOMICS; JOB ANALYSIS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SIMULATORS; TAXONOMIES;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSTRUCTION WORK; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EARLY INTERVENTION; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PANEL STUDY; PRODUCTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TAXONOMY; BUILDING MATERIAL; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; METHODOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; STANDARD;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 66149184670     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130802480869     Document Type: Article

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