A production model for construction: A Theoretical Framework

Buildings

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 209-228

  Antunes, Ricardo ^a   Gonzalez, Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Building construction; Lean construction; Process control; Production model; Risk management; System model; Uncertainty; Variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958751315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20755309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/buildings5010209     Document Type: Article

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