A semantic web service approach to construction cost estimating

Computing in Civil Engineering - Proceedings of the 2013 ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 484-491

  Niknam, Mehrdad ^a   Karshenas, Saeed ^a  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; CONTRACTORS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ONTOLOGY; SEMANTIC WEB; WEB SERVICES; WEBSITES;

CONSTRUCTION COSTS; COST INFORMATION; EQUIPMENT SUPPLIERS; ESTIMATING SOFTWARE; FORMAL ONTOLOGY; MACHINE UNDERSTANDING; PRODUCT INFORMATION; SEMANTIC WEB TECHNOLOGY;

COST ESTIMATING;

EID: 84887353599     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/9780784413029.061     Document Type: Conference Paper

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