ACKNOWLEDGING VARIABILITY AND UNCERTAINTY IN PRODUCT AND PROCESS DEVELOPMENT

4D CAD and Visualization in Construction: Developments and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 165-193

  Tommelein, Iris D ^a  

^a Univ of California   (United States)

Author keywords

4D modeling; AEC; concurrent engineering; design; integrated product and process development; interdependence; lean construction; production planning; set based design; simulation; supply chain management; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019932632     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9780203971123-11     Document Type: Chapter

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