Construction scheduling, cost optimization, and management : a new model based on neurocomputing and object technologies

1. Review of Construction Scheduling and Management Methods. 2. Neural Dynamics Model of Adeli and Park and its Application to Engineering Design. 3. A General Mathematical Formulation for Scheduling of Construction Projects with Construction Cost Optimization. 4. Solution of Construction Scheduling and Cost Optimization with Neural Dynamics. 5. An Object-Oriented Information Model for Construction Project Management. 6. CONSCOM: An Object-Orient Construction Scheduling and Change Management System. 7. Integrated Management Environment and User Interface. 8. Regularization Neural Network for Construction Cost Estimation. References. Appendix Nomenclature.