Coordinating Loosely-Coupled Work in Construction Inspection Activities

Group Decision and Negotiation

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-56

  Ochoa, Sergio F ^a   Bravo, Gabriel ^a   Pino, José A ^a   Rodríguez Covili, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Construction management; Coordination process; Loosely coupled work; Mobile collaboration; Mobile shared workspaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650513594     PISSN: 09262644     EISSN: 15729907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10726-010-9203-9     Document Type: Article

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