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The foundations of lean construction (2002)
Book Chapter
Koskela, L., Ballard, G., Howell, G., & Tommelein, I. (2002). The foundations of lean construction. In R. Best, & G. de Valence (Eds.), Design and construction: building in value (211-226). Oxford, UK: Butterworth Heinemann

Looks at a broad range of topics related to the processes of design and construction. Its overall aim is to look at ways that clients can improve the value for money outcomes of their decisions to construct buildings.

Benchmarking (2002)
Book Chapter
Eaton, D. (2002). Benchmarking. In J. Kelly, R. Morledge, & S. Wilkinson (Eds.), Best Value in Construction (59-76). Oxford: WileyBlackwell

Measuring semantic similarity between words using lexical knowledge and neural networks (2002)
Book Chapter
Li, Y., Bandar, Z., & Mclean, D. (2002). Measuring semantic similarity between words using lexical knowledge and neural networks. In H. Yin, N. Allinson, R. Freeman, J. Keane, & S. Hubbard (Eds.), Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning — IDEAL 2002 : Third International Conference Manchester, UK, August 12–14, 2002 Proceedings (111-116). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45675-9_19

This paper investigates the determination of semantic similarity by the incorporation of structural semantic knowledge from a lexical database and the learning ability of neural networks. The lexical database is assumed to be organised in a hierarchi... Read More about Measuring semantic similarity between words using lexical knowledge and neural networks.

Military theory (2002)
Book Chapter
Searle, D. (2002). Military theory. In S. Sandler (Ed.), Ground Warfare: An International Encyclopedia (875-877). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO

Chapter 23 : Rheumatoid arthritis (2002)
Book Chapter
Hammond, A., & Jeffreson, P. (2002). Chapter 23 : Rheumatoid arthritis. In A. Turner, M. Foster, & S. Johnson (Eds.), Occupational Therapy and Physical Dysfunction: principles, skills and practice (Fifth edition). Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone

The major concerns of people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are frustration in performing everyday activities, fears about disability and dependency on others, pain and loss of self-esteem. RA is a chronic, progressive inflammatory disease primarily... Read More about Chapter 23 : Rheumatoid arthritis.

Chapter 28 : Osteoarthritis (2002)
Book Chapter
Hammond, A., & Jeffreson, P. (2002). Chapter 28 : Osteoarthritis. In A. Turner, M. Foster, & S. Johnson (Eds.), Occupational Therapy and Physical Dysfunction: principles, skills and practice (Fifth edition). Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone

Osteoarthritis (OA) is associated with increasing age, but is not an inevitable consequence. It is often considered of little importance and just part of ‘getting old,’ but it is a major contributor to disability and dependence amongst older peopl... Read More about Chapter 28 : Osteoarthritis.

Quentin Tarantino (2002)
Book Chapter
White, G. (2002). Quentin Tarantino. In Y. Tasker (Ed.), Fifty Contemporary Filmmakers (338-346). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis

Fifty Contemporary Filmmakers examines the work of some of today's most popular, original and influential cinematic voices. Each entry offers both an overview and critique of its subject's career and works, looking at the genres in which they work an... Read More about Quentin Tarantino.

Shaping successful tourism development: the role of visitor and non-visitor research (2002)
Book Chapter
Leighton, D., & Sterry, P. (2002). Shaping successful tourism development: the role of visitor and non-visitor research. In J. Akama, & P. Sterry (Eds.), Cultural tourism in Africa: strategies for the new millenium (211-221). Arnhem, The Netherlands: Association for Tourism and Leisure Education (ATLAS)

One of the main determinants of successful cultural tourism is clearly responding to the needs of visitors. Developing explicitly targeted and professional studies to assist planning, design and development is crucial and the importance of profession... Read More about Shaping successful tourism development: the role of visitor and non-visitor research.

A method for maintaining document consistency based on similarity contents (2002)
Book Chapter
Meziane, F., & Rezgui, Y. (2002). A method for maintaining document consistency based on similarity contents. In B. Andersson, M. Bergholtz, & P. Johannesson (Eds.), Natural language processing and information systems (85-96). Bonne, Germany: Springer Berlin / Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36271-1

The advent of the WWW and distributed information systems have made it possible to share documents between different users and organisations. However, this has created many problems related to the security, accessibility, right and most importantly t... Read More about A method for maintaining document consistency based on similarity contents.

An information framework for a merchant trust agent in electronic commerce (2002)
Book Chapter
Kasiran, M., & Meziane, F. (2002). An information framework for a merchant trust agent in electronic commerce. In H. Yin, N. Allinson, R. Freeman, J. Keane, & S. Hubbard (Eds.), Intelligent data engineering and automated learning (243-248). Berlin / Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45675-9

eCommerce is a faceless business arrangement where the process of creating trust towards merchants, hereby referred to as merchant trust, is still a big challenge. Merchant trust framework can be created by using factors such as existence, affiliatio... Read More about An information framework for a merchant trust agent in electronic commerce.

Wpływ otoczenia na funkcjonowanie organizacji non-profit (Environmental influence on non-profit organizations’ functioning) (2002)
Book Chapter
Rembielak-Vitchev, G. (2002). Wpływ otoczenia na funkcjonowanie organizacji non-profit (Environmental influence on non-profit organizations’ functioning). In J. Czupiał (Ed.), Funkcjonowanie i rozwój organizacji w zmiennym otoczeniu II (Operation and development of organizations in changing environments II) (173-181). Legnica, Poland: Czesława Kozaka Wyższa Szkoła Menedżerska (WSM)

Timeless time: Africa in the world (2002)
Book Chapter
Hall, M. (2002). Timeless time: Africa in the world. In B. Cunliffe, W. Davies, & C. Renfrew (Eds.), Archaeology: the widening debate (439-464). London: British Academy by Oxford University Press

Teamwork (2002)
Book Chapter
Egbu, C., & Gorse, C. (2002). Teamwork. In Project Management Pathways: The Essential Handbook for Project and Programme Managers (1-16). United Kingdom: Association for Project Management (APM)

Education and the new economy (2002)
Book Chapter
Hall, M. (2002). Education and the new economy. In K. Asmal, W. James, N. Mandela, & L. van de Vijver (Eds.), Spirit of the nation: reflections on South Africa's educational ethos (171-175). New Africa Books