Decision support for construction method selection in concrete buildings: Prefabrication adoption and optimization

Automation in Construction

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 665-675

  Chen, Ying ^a,b   Okudan, Gül E ^c   Riley, David R ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concrete construction; Construction management; Construction methods; Decision making; Multi Attribute Utility Theory; Prefabrication

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; CONSTRUCTION METHOD; CONSTRUCTION METHODS; DECISION MAKERS; DECISION SUPPORTS; METHODICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTI-ATTRIBUTE UTILITY THEORY; MULTI-ATTRIBUTES; OPTIMAL STRATEGIES; PERSONAL PREFERENCES; PROJECT STAGES; RISK ATTITUDE; SECOND LEVEL; SELECTION MODEL; STRATEGIC LEVEL; SUSTAINABLE PERFORMANCE; TEAM MEMBERS; TRANSPARENT TOOLS;

CONCRETE BUILDINGS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; OPTIMIZATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 77955582034     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2010.02.011     Document Type: Article

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