Design and experience with a computer game for teaching construction project planning and control

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 8, Issue 5-6, 2001, Pages 418-427

  Al Jibouri, Saad H ^a   Mawdesley, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction; Control; Games; Management; Planning; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993089995     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb021201     Document Type: Review

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