Impact of variability on construction schedules

13th International Group for Lean Construction Conference: Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 375-383

  Shen, Li Jun ^a   Chua, David K H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Constraints; Integrated Production Scheduler; Reliable plan; Variability

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINTS; CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES; INTEGRATED PRODUCTION; PROJECT COMPLETION; PROJECT DELAYS; PROJECT PERFORMANCE; RELIABLE PLAN; SCHEDULE CHANGES; SIMULATION MODEL; VARIABILITY; WORK PLAN;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84866084504     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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