Data acquisition and factors impacting productivity of Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD)

Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2013, Pages 63-72

  Zayed, Tarek ^a   Mahmoud, Muhammad ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process (AHP); Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD); Productivity factors

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; COST ESTIMATIONS; DECISION MAKERS; EXECUTION TIME; HORIZONTAL DIRECTIONAL DRILLING; IMPACTING FACTOR; LITERATURE REVIEWS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; PIPE DIAMETER; PIPE INSTALLATION; PRE-CONSTRUCTION PHASE; PRODUCTIVITY FACTORS; SOIL TYPES; STEERING PROBLEMS; SUBJECTIVE FACTORS;

CONTRACTORS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST ESTIMATING; DIRECTIONAL DRILLING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

PRODUCTIVITY;

CONSTRUCTION METHOD; DATA ACQUISITION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HORIZONTAL DRILLING; PIPE LAYING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84868688911     PISSN: 08867798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2012.08.005     Document Type: Article

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