00469489

Component

http://onlinepubs.trb.org...trr/1987/1126/1126-012.pdf

https://scholar.google.co...gari&publication_year=1987

The objective of this paper is to show how contractors can implement microcomputers to database management systems by natural language to easily analyze the mountain of information generated in today's construction environment. Conventional database management systems require that the person using a microcomputer have extensive knowledge of the contents and organization of the database. The natural language system allows an inexperienced contractor to retrieve information by asking questions in a conversational English manner, permitting the production of reports without the intervention of the data processing department. Two commercially available systems designed for microcomputers are reviewed, and their application in construction is discussed.

Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Construction Management. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

01418147

pp 121-122

1987

Transportation Research Record

0309045177

Print

References (3)

Construction industry; Contractors; Databases; Information retrieval; Management; Microcomputers

Management systems

Administration and Management; Construction; Highways; Public Transportation; I50: Construction and Supervision of Construction

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jul 31 1988 12:00AM

• A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERFORMANCE-RELATED MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS
• A NUCLEAR DENSITY GAUGE FOR THIN OVERLAYS OF ASPHALT CONCRETE
• COMPUTER-AIDED PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: A USER'S PERSPECTIVE
• CORRELATION OF NUCLEAR DENSITY RESULTS WITH CORE DENSITIES
• EVALUATION OF SCHEDULING TECHNIQUES FOR HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
• MANAGING CONCRETE BY COMPUTER
• PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE PAVEMENT PULVERIZING EQUIPMENT
• QUALITY CONTROL IN HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE WHEN THE MEASUREMENT PARAMETERS ARE HIGHLY NONUNIFORM
• SENSITIVITY OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT PRICES TO REQUIRED RATE OF RETURN AND RETAINAGE
• SPECIFICATIONS FOR QUALITY CONTROL: A CASE STUDY
• SPREADSHEET AIDS FOR FINANCIAL PLANNING FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
• STUDY OF JOINT DENSITIES IN BITUMINOUS AIRPORT PAVEMENTS
• USE OF MARSHALL SPECIMENS IN A NUCLEAR ASPHALT CONTENT GAUGE