Assessment of conformance and interoperability testing methods used for construction industry product models

Automation in Construction

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 418-428

  Lipman, Robert ^a   Palmer, Mark ^a   Palacios, Sebastian ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

AEC; BIM; Building information modeling; Conformance testing; Construction; Interoperability; Product data modeling; Test suites; Verification

Indexed keywords

AEC; BIM; BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING; CONFORMANCE TESTING; PRODUCT DATA MODELING; TEST SUITES;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INFORMATION THEORY; MANUFACTURE;

INTEROPERABILITY;

EID: 79954611806     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2010.11.011     Document Type: Article

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