Cooperative game theoretic framework for joint resource management in construction

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Asgari, Sadegh ^a   Afshar, Abbas ^b   Madani, Kaveh ^c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction management; Cost and schedule; Game theory; Optimization; Partnering; Resource management; Stability analysis; Subcontractors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894448594     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000818     Document Type: Article

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