APPLICATION OF AGENT-BASED MODELING AND SIMULATION TO UNDERSTANDING COMPLEX MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS IN CEM RESEARCH
Authored by JeongWook Son, Eddy M Rojas, Seung-Woo Shin
Date Published: 2015
DOI: 10.3846/13923730.2014.893916
Sponsors:
Korean National Research Foundation (NRF)
Platforms:
Java
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Abstract
As construction projects have become larger and more complex, they
develop different features than smaller or traditional projects, which
characterize them as complex systems. Still, Construction Engineering
and Management (CEM) researchers have mostly relied on traditional
approaches to investigate complex management problems, which might
produce misleading results. This paper introduces Agent-Based Modeling
and Simulation (ABMS) as a research method, and addresses how it could
be applied to CEM research. With an illustrative example of the
application of ABMS to CEM research, the theoretical background as well
as the design, development, and test processes of ABMS are presented. We
then made a recommendation on the promising research subjects in CEM
area to which ABMS could be suitably applied.
Tags
Evolution
Performance
Construction management
Decision-Making
Organizations
Framework
Real-time information
Economic networks
Project
Opportunities