Generating IFC models from heterogeneous data using semantic web

Construction Innovation

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 219-235

  Karan, Ebrahim ^a   Irizarry, Javier ^b   Haymaker, John ^b  

^a MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

BIM; Construction management; IFC; Interoperability; Query mapping; Semantic web

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928802436     PISSN: 14714175     EISSN: 14770857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/CI-05-2014-0030     Document Type: Article

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