Ontology-based information and knowledge management in construction

Construction Innovation

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 218-239

  Anumba, Chimay J ^a   Issa, Raja R A ^b   Pan, Jiayi ^c   Mutis, Ivan ^d  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

^d The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Data structures; Generation and dissemination of information; Knowledge management; Semantics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986131947     PISSN: 14714175     EISSN: 14770857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14714170810888976     Document Type: Article

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