Integrated simulation-based scheduling for module assembly yard

Building a Sustainable Future - Proceedings of the 2009 Construction Research Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1270-1279

  Taghaddos, H ^a   AbouRizk, S ^a   Mohamed, Y ^a   Hermann, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b PCL Construction Management Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Construction scheduling; Construction simulation; High level architecture; Module yard planning; Resource constraint

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULING; CONSTRUCTION SIMULATION; HIGH LEVEL ARCHITECTURE; MODULE YARD PLANNING; RESOURCE CONSTRAINT;

CHANNEL CAPACITY; SCHEDULING;

SIMULATORS;

EID: 69949090029     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41020(339)129     Document Type: Conference Paper

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