On the use of fuzzy clustering in construction simulation

Author

Marzouk, Mohamed ; Moselhi, Osama

Author_Institution

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

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

1547

Abstract

This paper presents a methodology that integrates fuzzy clustering and computer simulation and demonstrates its use in modeling earthmoving operations. A simulation system (SimEarth) was developed to model earthmoving operations utilizing object-oriented features and discrete event simulation. Fuzzy clustering is used to provide realistic estimates of haulers´ travel time so as to improve the accuracy of the simulation results. A case study involving the construction of a dam is presented to illustrate the capabilities the proposed simulation engine and the developed fuzzy clustering methodology for estimating haulers´ travel time

Keywords

building; civil engineering computing; dams; discrete event simulation; fuzzy logic; object-oriented programming; pattern clustering; SimEarth; computer simulation; construction simulation; dam construction; discrete event simulation; earthmoving operation modeling; fuzzy clustering; hauler travel time; object-oriented features; simulation engine; Analytical models; Buildings; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Discrete event simulation; Engines; Information analysis; Object oriented modeling; Performance analysis; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Simulation Conference, 2001. Proceedings of the Winter

Conference_Location

Arlington, VA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7307-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WSC.2001.977484

Filename

977484