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Comparison of some computer-based task management approaches

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2009

Antonio Diaz-Calderon  and
Chris Hendrickson
Antonio Diaz-Calderon
Affiliation:
Engineering Design Research Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, U.S.A.
Chris Hendrickson
Affiliation:
Carnegie Institute of Technology and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, U.S.A.
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Abstract

This article presents an assessment of four management systems to expose the essential characteristics of each management system, including planning techniques, problem representation, concurrency, and flexibility. The experimental part of the research shows that existing management systems can be used to attack a variety of problems. The authors conclude that flexible planning systems are quite beneficial since they can be used to solve a variety of design problems by making small modifications in the definition of their tools.

Keywords

Project ManagementCADTask Management

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Research Article
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AI EDAM , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , Summer 1994 , pp. 193 - 205
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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