Gray decisions in construction activities

Author

Chengye, Tan ; Ayyub, Bilal M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Civil Eng., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

25-28 Apr 1993

Firstpage

479

Lastpage

486

Abstract

Considering benefit, cost, likelihood of failure, potential economic loss, human death and injury, and construction duration as objectives, the most desirable construction strategy for a construction activity is determined using a gray decision analysis. The construction strategy is defined by the factors and their levels. Also, the suitability of gray mechanics to decision analysis in construction is discussed. Decision making in construction operation considered here is a form of multiple-objective and multiple-state decision making that is concerned with uncertainty factors and incompleteness of information

Keywords

civil engineering; construction industry; decision theory; uncertainty handling; benefit; construction activities; construction strategy; cost; failure; gray decision analysis; gray mechanics; human death; multiple-state decision making; potential economic loss; uncertainty factors; Civil engineering; Costs; Decision making; Educational institutions; Failure analysis; Helium; Humans; Identity-based encryption; Injuries; Risk analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Uncertainty Modeling and Analysis, 1993. Proceedings., Second International Symposium on

Conference_Location

College Park, MD

Print_ISBN

0-8186-3850-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISUMA.1993.366726

Filename

366726