Overview of Decision Support Systems Applied to Construction

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Copyright: 2016
Pages: 18
Source title: Decision Support for Construction Cost Control in Developing Countries
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Chrispin Pettang (University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon), Marcelline Blanche Manjia (University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon)and F. Henry Abanda (Oxford Brookes University, UK)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9873-4.ch004

Keywords: Business & Management / Business Science Reference / Decision Support Systems / Management Science

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The domain of construction is a very knowledge-intensive domain with so many factors involved. This implies undertaking any action requires an understanding of the different factors and how best to combine them to achieve a favourable and optimal outcome. Thus decision-making has been extensively used in the domain of construction. The aim of this chapter is to undertake a review of various decision support systems and to provide insights into their applications in the domain of construction. Specifically, the principle of cost index, sub-work chaining diagram method, linear regression and cost over-runs in time-overrun context (CCOTOV) model and Markov decision processes (MDP), ontology and rule-based systems have been reviewed. Based on the review the Markov decision processes (MDP), ontology and rule-based systems were chosen as the more suitable for the cost control case considered in this study.

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