Simulating the behavior of trade crews in construction using agents and building information modeling

• Published in: Automation in construction Vol. 74; pp. 12 - 27
• Main Authors: Ben-Alon, Lola, Sacks, Rafael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.02.2017; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Agent-Based Simulation; Building information modeling; Building management systems; Computer simulation; Construction; Construction equipment; Construction methods; Construction sites; Control methods; Crews; Decision making; Discrete Event Simulation; Emergent construction; Encapsulation; Information flow; Production controls; Production methods; Simulation; Situational awareness; Software agents; Agent-Based Simulation; Discrete Event Simulation; Building information modeling; Emergent construction

Simulation is particularly useful for testing different production control and information flow methods in construction, because field experiments suffer from difficulties with isolating cause and effect. Existing methods such as Discrete Event Simulation are limited in their ability to model the be...