Ontologies to support RFID-based link between virtual models and construction components

Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 285-302

  Sørensen, Kristian Birch ^a   Christiansson, Per ^a   Svidt, Kjeld ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING OPERATIONS; BUILDING PROJECTS; BUSINESS PROCESS; BUSINESS PROCESS ONTOLOGY; CONSTRUCTION PROCESS; DIGITAL LINKS; ELECTRONIC TAGS; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEMS; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; IN-BUILDINGS; INDUSTRIAL USE; INFORMATION HANDLING; INFORMATION SHARING; OPERATION PHASIS; PHYSICAL COMPONENTS; PRODUCT MODELS; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY; SYSTEM DEVELOPERS; SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; TECHNICAL SERVICE; TRADING PARTNERS; VIRTUAL MODELS; WORKING PROCESS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MODELS; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ONTOLOGY;

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DATA PROCESSING; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 77952601972     PISSN: 10939687     EISSN: 14678667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8667.2009.00638.x     Document Type: Review

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