Estimating key characteristics of the concrete delivery and placement process using linear regression analysis

Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 273-290

  Dunlop, Paul ^a   Smith, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concrete operations; Productivity; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CONCRETE DELIVERY; KEY CHARACTERISTICS; PLACEMENT PROCESS;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 9344223269     PISSN: 10286608     EISSN: 10290249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1028660031000091599     Document Type: Article

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