- PAR ID:
- 10518053
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering
- ISSN:
- 1093-9687
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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