Multi-criteria decision making for collaborative design optimization of buildings

Built Environment Project and Asset Management

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 122-136

  Raphael, Benny ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Conflict management; Construction industry; Decision support systems; Design management; Optimization; Pareto analysis; Programming and algorithm theory; Structural design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870611240     PISSN: 2044124X     EISSN: 20441258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/20441241111180398     Document Type: Review

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