Fuzzy discrete-event simulation for modeling uncertain activity duration

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 426-437

  Zhang, Hong ^a   Li, Heng ^a   Tam, C M ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Fuzzy logic; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DISCRETE-EVENT SIMULATION; INPUT MODELING; OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE DATA;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

EID: 9144254022     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09699980410570184     Document Type: Article

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