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Aivaliotis, V, Giannakopoulou, T, Gratsiou, M and Panagiotakopoulos, D (1991) Economies of scale and strategic planning for municipal waste treatment plants in Greece. Construction Management and Economics, 9(06), 553-64.
Betts, M, Cher, L, Mathur, K and Ofori, G (1991) Strategies for the construction sector in the information technology era. Construction Management and Economics, 9(06), 509-28.
Oteifa, S and Baldwin, A N (1991) Estimators' tasks and computer-aided estimating systems: a survey of FCEC member companies. Construction Management and Economics, 9(06), 543-52.
Scott, D and Yang, J (1991) Setting the pace with PACES: a new concept of using an expert system for project analysis and control. Construction Management and Economics, 9(06), 529-41.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: database; expert system; knowledge representation; project management
- ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446199100000040
- Abstract:
Currently, there is a crucial problem confronting the majority of existing systems used in the construction area. This is the inability of these systems to cope with the constantly changing project conditions and vast volume of real-world knowledge and data. This inability restricts the existing applications to areas which are highly constrained and which are associated with very small elements of the whole construction process, i.e. areas which require only a limited amount of data and follow a strictly defined procedure. Paces is a Project Analysis and Control Expert System. It is an expert system design to produce a practical project-oriented system that can be adapted to suit the particular and specific needs of any construction organization. The development is aimed at increasing the flexibility and data-handling capacity of the central core to system to enable the incorporation of large-scale problems such as an overall project management procedure into an expert system. Therefore, it encapsulates the ’whole process’ of such a procedure into an expert system. Its unique design of knowledge and data representation accommodates major project analysis and control procedures as well as user-defined project situations. The concept of using standard database management software presents a new approach in building expert systems for construction tasks. This paper describes the development procedures of PACES as well as the generation of a new format for composing expert systems.
Shohet, I M and Laufer, A (1991) What does the construction foreman do?. Construction Management and Economics, 9(06), 565-76.
Uher, T E (1991) Risks in sub-contracting: sub-contract conditions. Construction Management and Economics, 9(06), 495-508.