Measuring the costs and benefits of information technology in construction

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 423-435

  Flanagan, Roger ^a   Marsh, Laurence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bar coding; Benefit; Cost; Evaluation; Infor mation technology; Probabilistic modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993083658     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb021164     Document Type: Review

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