Yang, Y (2004) Modeling a decision support system for buildable designs. PhD thesis, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Abstract
Buildable design is an important concept adopted to raise productivity and quality standards in the construction industry. The purpose of this study is to develop an integrated design approach to decision-making in buildable designs based on the principles and methods of concurrent engineering. To develop such an approach, the House of Quality for Buildable Designs (HOQBD) was constructed to support the integrated decision-making of buildable designs by adapting matrices of the conventional HOQ of quality function deployment (QFD). The algorithms and inference mechanisms of the HOQBD were then developed by fuzzy set theories. A hybrid QFD system was further proposed by incorporating the knowledge-based system into the fuzzy HOQBD. A prototype software, named a Decision Support System for Buildable Designs (the BD-DSS), was developed to demonstrate and test the proposed concurrent design approach in Singapore. The BD-DSS has demonstrated its ability in quantitative buildability evaluation through a cooperative multi-functional project team.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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| Thesis advisor: | Pheng, L S and Shouqing, W |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | buildability; decision support; fuzzy set; standards; concurrent engineering; decision making; quality function deployment; Singapore; productivity |
| Index terms: | fuzzy set theory, fuzzy set, productivity, knowledge-based system, quality standard, Singapore, project team, construction industry, quality function deployment, modelling, concurrent engineering, prototype, buildability, decision support, house of quality, decision-making |
| Subjects: | Geography, management, engineering methods, design efficiency, decision-making and optimization, industry analysis, quality assurance, decision analysis, artificial intelligence, project delivery, analytical methods, modelling and simulation, quality function deployment |
| Topics: | Design Practice, Digital Applications, Research Practice, Business Strategy, Quality Management, Geographical Context, Project Management, Engineering Principles, Risk Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCT |
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