Wood as a construction material: Comparison of different construction types for residential building using the analytic hierarchy process

Wood Research

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 591-600

  Kuzman, Manja Kitek ^a   Grošelj, Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Building criteria; Residential building; Wood construction

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION COSTS; CONSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL; DEPRECIATION COSTS; ENERGY-EFFICIENT BUILDINGS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; SOLID WOODS; TIMBER CONSTRUCTION; WOOD CONSTRUCTION;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; BUILDING MATERIALS; BUILDINGS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WOOD;

WOODEN CONSTRUCTION;

BUILDINGS; CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WOOD;

EID: 84872734624     PISSN: 13364561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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