Requirements engineering for innovative integrated ICT systems for the construction industry

Construction Innovation

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 179-200

  Arayici, Yusuf ^a   Aouad, Ghassan ^a   Ahmed, Vian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer integrated construction; Implementation; Requirements engineering; System development; The DIVERCITY project

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993012699     PISSN: 14714175     EISSN: 14770857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14714170510815249     Document Type: Article

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