Ti time-cost-quality tradeoff optimization in construction project based on modified ant colony algorithm

Author

Huang, Yuan-sheng ; Deng, Jia-jia ; Zhang, Yun-yun

Author_Institution

Dept. of Econ.&Manage., North China Electr. Power Univ., Baoding

Volume

2

fYear

2008

fDate

12-15 July 2008

Firstpage

1031

Lastpage

1035

Abstract

How to balance time, cost and quality is crucial to construction project management. Tradeoff optimization among them is significant for the improvement of the overall benefits of construction projects. Based on inter-related linear programming functions, a model of multi-attribute utility function is established to study the tradeoff among time, cost and quality. Critical path method (CPM) and ant colony algorithm based on modified selection strategy and global pheromone are applied to obtain the optimal decision result. At last, a case study on heavy repair of instrument control system for hot blast stove is given to verify the feasibility and practicability of the model.

Keywords

construction industry; critical path analysis; optimisation; project management; quality management; construction project management; critical path method; instrument control system; modified ant colony algorithm; multiattribute utility function; time-cost-quality tradeoff optimization; Ant colony optimization; Computer crashes; Conference management; Cost function; Cybernetics; Linear programming; Machine learning; Machine learning algorithms; Power generation economics; Project management; Ant colony algorithm; Multi-attribute utility function; Time-cost-quality; Tradeoff optimization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Machine Learning and Cybernetics, 2008 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kunming

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2095-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2096-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMLC.2008.4620556

Filename

4620556