Effects of overtime work and additional resources on project cost and quality

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 211-220

  li, H ^a   Love, P E D ^b   Drew, D S ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost; Quality; Rework; Systems dynamics; Time; Utility theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992997635     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb021146     Document Type: Review

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