Developing a Bidding Game Using High Level Architecture

This paper presents the development of a bidding game application that can be used in construction management for training students on bidding strategies and to improve students' decision making skills in preparation for real bidding processes. In the proposed approach, High Level Architecture (HLA) was used to develop a distributed model of the bidding process. This model is composed of different simulation components (federates) that can cooperate in a large simulation model (federation). Each federate represents a different role in the bidding process: general contractors, owners, market, bank, etc. These federates are responsible for simulating different activities in the bidding cycle, such as creating projects, awarding them, and tracking players' performance. In the final outcome, the player who creates the highest value is the winner. The model is developed in the COnstruction SYnthetic Environment (COSYE), which represents the next generation of integrated construction simulation models.