Optimizing material procurement and storage on construction sites

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 421-431

  Said, Hisham ^a   El Rayes, Khaled ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic layout planning; Genetic algorithms; Inventory control; Materials procurement; Optimization

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION EXAMPLES; CONSTRUCTION LOGISTICS; CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTIVITY; CONSTRUCTION SITES; COVER MATERIALS; DYNAMIC LAYOUT; EFFICIENT PLANNING; MATERIAL PROCUREMENT; MATERIAL STORAGES; MATERIALS PROCUREMENT; OPTIMIZATION MODELS; PLANNING TASKS; POTENTIAL MATERIALS; PROJECT DELAYS; RESEARCH STUDIES; STOCK-OUT; STORAGE LAYOUTS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY;

STORAGE (MATERIALS);

EID: 79959429655     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000307     Document Type: Article

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