Hamzaoui, F; Amine Allal, M; Taillandier, F and Achoui, M (2022) Risk management in construction projects by coupling the SMACC agent with the MADS MOSAR method: application to the dam project in Mascara, Algeria. International Journal of Construction Management, 22(4), pp. 644-658. ISSN 1562-3599
Abstract
Construction projects are subject to numerous risks and their management is an important issue. To meet this challenge, we developed Stochastic Simulation for Multi-Agent Construction Project (SMACC), a construction project simulation tool considering project risks and based on an agent-based approach. But, the simulation of a construction project by SMACC requires specific information about the project and the risks that may affect it. Yet, our previous work was not interested in the instantiation process of the model from a real project. This article presents an approach being placed upstream of SMACC for instantiating the agents of the model and evaluating them with a focus on risks. This approach is based on the combination of project management approaches and MADS MOSAR (Organized Method of Systemic Risk Analysis). It is applied to a real case: the construction of a dam vault in Oued Taht in Mascara in Algeria.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | construction projects; organized method of systemic risk analysis; risk management; stochastic simulation for multi-agent construction project |
| Index terms: | risk management, risk analysis, coupling, construction project, simulation tool, Algeria, project management, agent, dam project |
| Subjects: | infrastructure and transport systems, Geography, practitioner, risk assessment, production management, systems engineering, analytical methods, project management theory and practice, environmental hazards |
| Topics: | Geographical Context, Sustainability, Roles and Professions, Engineering Principles, Risk Management, Project Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 2 PC |
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