Representation and analysis of spatial resources in construction simulation

Author

Zhang, Cheng ; Hammad, Amin ; Zayed, Tarek M. ; Wainer, Gabriel

Author_Institution

Dept. of Building, Civil & Environ. Eng., Concordia Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada

fYear

2005

fDate

4-7 Dec. 2005

Abstract

Space is one of the resources that may cause crucial problems during construction. Discrete event simulation has been widely used in construction to allocate resources and improve productivity or mitigate conflicts. However, simulation research that provides an explicit method to investigate possible space conflicts is still limited. This paper suggests a cell-based method to represent space resources in construction simulation, which enables conflict analysis and visual display of the worksite and the occupation of spaces. Different simulation models are compared to identify their limitations in space representation.

Keywords

construction; digital simulation; engineering workstations; resource allocation; cell-based method; conflict analysis; construction simulation; resource allocation; space representation; space resources; spatial resources; visual display; Analytical models; Buildings; Computational modeling; Discrete event simulation; Process planning; Product safety; Productivity; Resource management; Systems engineering and theory; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Simulation Conference, 2005 Proceedings of the Winter

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9519-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WSC.2005.1574422

Filename

1574422