Lema, N M and Price, A D F (1996) Construction process performance variability: Focus on labour productivity. Building Research & Information, 24(6), pp. 339-350. ISSN 0961-3218
Abstract
The authors claim that unlike most other studies, in which the variability of productivity data was shown to fall within a specific distributional shape, this work has brought into light a distribution which is flexible and yet represents in a simple form most productivity distributions. This was shown in the contrasting distributional shapes of concreting and excavation productivity distributions.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | labour productivity; process performance; statistical distribution; Tanzania; variability |
| Index terms: | process performance, variability, excavation, labour productivity, concreting, construction process, productivity, Tanzania |
| Subjects: | building construction, statistical analysis, management, performance measurement, Geography, construction operations |
| Topics: | Engineering Principles, Geographical Context, Research Practice, Business Strategy, Quality Management, Site Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCA |
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