Hong, Z; Tam, C M and Shi, J J (2001) Resource allocation heuristic in construction simulation. Construction Management and Economics, 19(6), pp. 643-651. ISSN 01446193
Abstract
The quantity of some resources is limited because of project cost constrains. These resources may be required by multiple activities simultaneously during a construction process. In a discrete simulation that models the construction process, tracing and controlling such entities, e.g. resources, is crucial to simulation. This paper presents a resource allocation point (RAP) heuristic that takes into account the dynamic and stochastic characteristics of simulation to enable the activity-based construction simulation system to process a decision-making ability, i.e. allocating the limited resources to the multiple computing activities during simulation. In addition, this paper introduces an activity object-orientated approach that implements the RAP heuristic and speeds up the simulation experimentation through initiating and checking only related activity objects instead of scanning all activities as in a pure activity scanning (AS) simulation strategy.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | construction simulation; decision-making; object-oriented approach; resource allocation heuristic; simulation strategy |
| Index terms: | project cost, construction simulation, strategy, experiment, resource allocation, decision-making, construction process, heuristic, computing |
| Subjects: | building construction, economics, data collection methods, decision analysis, modelling and simulation, risk assessment, computing systems, resource management, management |
| Topics: | Cost Management, Site Management, Business Strategy, Risk Management, Research Practice, Digital Applications |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCE |
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