Domain ontology for processes in infrastructure and construction

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 136, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 730-744

  El Gohary, Nora M ^a   El Diraby, Tamer E ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Information and knowledge management; Infrastructure; Knowledge based computer models; Ontology; Process modeling; Project development

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION-SPECIFIC; COMPUTER MODELS; DOMAIN ONTOLOGIES; EXPERT EVALUATION; FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS; INFRASTRUCTURE; INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE; KNOWLEDGE MODEL; MULTI-STAKEHOLDER; ONTOLOGICAL MODELS; ONTOLOGY MODEL; PROCESS MANAGEMENT; PROCESS MODELING; PROJECT DEVELOPMENT; SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE; SUPPORTING KNOWLEDGE; TECHNICAL EVALUATION; USER EVALUATIONS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 77149163260     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000178     Document Type: Article

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