Stabilizing production flow of interior and finishing works with reentrant flow in building construction

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 665-674

  Brodetskaia, Irina ^a   Sacks, Rafael ^a   Shapira, Aviad ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Computer aided simulation; Construction management; Contractors; Flow control; Lean construction; Production management; Subcontractors

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SIMULATIONS; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; LEAN CONSTRUCTION; PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT; SUBCONTRACTORS;

COMMERCE; CONTRACTORS; DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; FLOW CONTROL; PRODUCTION CONTROL; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

CONSTRUCTION;

EID: 84877728352     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000595     Document Type: Article

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