A multi-criteria based path finding application for construction site layouts

Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Visualisation

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 779-784

  Soltani, A R ^a   Tawfik, H ^a   Fernando, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

and construction site layout; multi criteria; optimum path finding; Safety; visibility

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; OPTIMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VISIBILITY; VISUALIZATION;

CONSTRUCTION SITE LAYOUTS; CONSTRUCTION SITES; MATHEMATICAL OPTIMISATION; MULTI-CRITERIA; OPTIMUM PATHS; SHORTEST DISTANCE PATHS; TRANSPORTATION COST; VISIBILITY CRITERION;

SITE SELECTION;

EID: 84948664154     PISSN: 10939547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/IV.2002.1028868     Document Type: Article

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