Productivity improvement in concreting operations through simulation models

1997-03-01
Alkoc, E
Erbatur, F
MicroCYCLONE simulation software, while not yet adopted extensively in the construction industry, has gained general acceptance in academic research and, compared with other software, the program presents a simple graphic system Chat can be readily understood, by engineering and field personnel. The general rules of thumb derived from these models are used in a prototype advisory expert system which is designed to present the results in a user-friendly manner to construction practitioners.
BUILDING RESEARCH AND INFORMATION

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Citation Formats
E. Alkoc and F. Erbatur, “Productivity improvement in concreting operations through simulation models,” BUILDING RESEARCH AND INFORMATION, pp. 82–91, 1997, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/66076.