An investigation of project complexity's influence on team communication using Monte Carlo simulation

Journal of Engineering and Technology Management - JET-M

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 109-127

  Kennedy, Deanna M ^a   McComb, Sara A ^b   Vozdolska, Ralitza R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GreatCall Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo simulation; Performance; Project complexity; Team communication; Virtual experiments

Indexed keywords

MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PERFORMANCE; PROJECT COMPLEXITY; TEAM COMMUNICATION; VIRTUAL EXPERIMENTS;

EXPERIMENTS; MANAGEMENT; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 79958105125     PISSN: 09234748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jengtecman.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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