Using a life cycle assessment approach for optimizing multi-objectives in construction projects

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

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 177-185

  Ozcan Deniz, Gulbin ^a   Zhu, Yimin ^b  

^a MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LIFE; LIFE CYCLE; MATERIALS HANDLING; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; RAW MATERIALS; SYSTEM THEORY;

CONFLICTING OBJECTIVES; CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; RAW MATERIAL EXTRACTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84887374112     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/9780784413029.023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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