Project complexity in construction

COBRA 2008 - Construction and Building Research Conference of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Wood, Hannah ^a   Gidado, Kassim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity science; Project complexity; System; Systems thinking

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX PROJECTS; COMPLEXITY SCIENCE; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; LITERATURE SEARCH; ORGANISATIONAL ASPECTS; PRE-CONSTRUCTION; PROJECT COMPLEXITY; PROJECT RISK; SCIENCE OF COMPLEXITY; SYSTEM; SYSTEMS THINKING;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; SURVEYING; SYSTEM THEORY;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84860375821     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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