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Using situational simulations to collect and analyze dynamic construction management decision-making data

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Amlan Mukherjee,

Nilufer OnderAuthors Info & Claims

WSC '08: Proceedings of the 40th Conference on Winter Simulation

Pages 2377 - 2386

Published: 07 December 2008 Publication History

Abstract

In this paper we lay the foundations for studying decision-making in complex dynamic construction management scenarios using situational simulations as experimental testbeds. We draw on research conducted in dynamic decision making, construction data-mining and situational simulations to develop methods to study human decision-making data collected in ICDMA - a situational simulation of a real four story steel frame office building construction project. Specifically, we address challenges in the collection, organization and analysis of human subject data. We define a discipline driving the collection of human decision-making data, establish a semantics to organize the data and a simple mathematical syntax to represent it. We also present an analysis of preliminary experimental work and show that our method can be used to analyze patterns in complex construction decision-making. Finally, we present an agenda of research in construction decision-making using situational simulations that can be conducted using our proposed methods.

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Onder NMukherjee ATang P(2010)Construction management applicationsProceedings of the Twentieth International Conference on International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling10.5555/3037334.3037376(263-266)Online publication date: 12-May-2010
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/3037334.3037376
Tebo CMukherjee AOnder NYücesan E(2010)A multipurpose simulation platform for decision-making in construction managementProceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference10.5555/2433508.2433896(3123-3131)Online publication date: 5-Dec-2010
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/2433508.2433896
Tang PMukherjee AOnder NYücesan E(2010)Strategy optimization and generation for construction project management using an interactive simulationProceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference10.5555/2433508.2433892(3088-3099)Online publication date: 5-Dec-2010
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/2433508.2433892
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WSC '08: Proceedings of the 40th Conference on Winter Simulation

December 2008

3189 pages

ISBN:9781424427086

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University of Arkansas
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Air Force Institute of Technology
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University of Hagen
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University of Dresden
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Intel Corporation
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Arizona State University
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Oklahoma State University

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Onder NMukherjee ATang P(2010)Construction management applicationsProceedings of the Twentieth International Conference on International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling10.5555/3037334.3037376(263-266)Online publication date: 12-May-2010
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/3037334.3037376
Tebo CMukherjee AOnder NYücesan E(2010)A multipurpose simulation platform for decision-making in construction managementProceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference10.5555/2433508.2433896(3123-3131)Online publication date: 5-Dec-2010
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/2433508.2433896
Tang PMukherjee AOnder NYücesan E(2010)Strategy optimization and generation for construction project management using an interactive simulationProceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference10.5555/2433508.2433892(3088-3099)Online publication date: 5-Dec-2010
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/2433508.2433892
Mukherjee AOnder NTebo CKaaikala KDunkin AIngalls R(2009)An experimental framework to analyze alternative decision-making strategies using situational simulations in construction managementWinter Simulation Conference10.5555/1995456.1995824(2703-2711)Online publication date: 13-Dec-2009
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