Visual representation of construction management data

Automation in Construction

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1045-1062

  Russell, Alan D ^a   Chiu, Chao Ying ^a   Korde, Tanaya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analytics design principles; Change order data; Construction project data; Data representation and transformations; Performance insights; Visual analytics

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICS DESIGN PRINCIPLES; CHANGE ORDER DATA; CONSTRUCTION PROJECT DATA; DATA REPRESENTATION AND TRANSFORMATIONS; PERFORMANCE INSIGHTS; VISUAL ANALYTICS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; SET THEORY;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70349273710     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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