Dynamic knowledge-based process integration portal for collaborative construction

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 316-328

  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

Collaborative construction; Construction management; Decision support systems; Information management; Internet; Knowledge based decision support systems; Process integration; Project management; Project workflows; Web based project management

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE BASED DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT PROJECTS; PROCESS INTEGRATION; WORK-FLOWS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; FORMAL METHODS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTEGRATION; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; ONTOLOGY; SEMANTICS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77149163496     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000147     Document Type: Article

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