Improving planning reliability and project performance using the reliable commitment model

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 136, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1129-1139

  González, Vicente ^a,b   Alarcón, Luis F ^c   Maturana, Sergio ^c   Mundaca, Fernando ^d   Bustamante, José ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Auckland Mail Centre ^*  (New Zealand)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^e Planning and Development Engineer   (Chile)

Author keywords

Commitment planning reliability; Decision making; Lean production; Matching load capacity; Project performance; Reliable commitment model; Statistical models

Indexed keywords

COMMITMENT PLANNING RELIABILITY; LEAN PRODUCTION; MATCHING LOAD-CAPACITY; PROJECT PERFORMANCE; RELIABLE COMMITMENT MODEL; STATISTICAL MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; PRODUCTION CONTROL; RELIABILITY;

PLANNING;

EID: 77956835629     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000215     Document Type: Article

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