Process connectors: Distributed schedule coordination via alternative exploration and evaluation

Congress on Computing in Civil Engineering, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 355-363

  O'Brien, William J ^a   Siddiqui, Mohsin ^a   Wang, Ting Kwei ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Constraint Propagation; Decision Support; Distributed Computing; Process Modeling; Schedule Integration

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS AND EXPLORATIONS; BUSINESS PROCESS; CONSTRAINT PROPAGATION; DECISION SUPPORTS; LEVELS OF DETAIL; PROCESS MODELING; PROJECT PARTICIPANTS; SCHEDULE INTEGRATION;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING;

EID: 84891338054     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40937(261)44     Document Type: Conference Paper

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