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Mar 29, 2018
Addressing Quality Problems in the Construction Industry: An Agent Based Modelling Approach
Authors: Daoud Kiomjian [email protected], F. Jordan Srour [email protected], and Issam Srour [email protected]Author Affiliations
Publication: Construction Research Congress 2018
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Construction is a labor intensive industry. Many of the tasks on construction sites require minimal formal training, and thus workers develop their skill sets as they are working. Construction workers learn the required skills by interacting with other workers. The effectiveness of such interactions is expected to affect the development of workers’ skills and eventually the quality of their work. Understanding the relationship between team dynamics and quality on construction sites calls for using higher order modeling techniques such as agent based modelling (ABM). This paper presents an ABM that evaluates the effects of team dynamics on quality on construction sites. The outputs of this model are analyzed using social network analysis (SNA) for four different scenarios with varying crew sizes and worker skill levels.
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Construction Research Congress 2018
Pages: 632 - 641
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© 2018 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Mar 29, 2018
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Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, American Univ. of Beirut, P.O. Box 1107-2020, Beirut, Lebanon. E-mail: [email protected]
Dept. of IT and Operations Management, Lebanese American Univ., P.O. Box 13-5053, Chouran, Beirut 1102 2801, Lebanon. E-mail: [email protected]
Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, American Univ. of Beirut, P.O. Box 1107-2020, Beirut, Lebanon. E-mail: [email protected]
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