TY - CHAP
T1 - Dynamic Project Management
T2 - An Application of System Dynamics in Construction Engineering and Management
AU - Han, Sangwon
AU - Lee, Sang Hyun
AU - Park, Moonseo
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Computer simulation is one of themostwidely utilized tools for operational research in construction engineering and management.Although discrete event simulation (DES) has been extensively utilized in construction, system dynamics (SD) has received relatively little attention despite its great potential to address dynamic complexity in construction projects, which are inherently complex, dynamic and involve multiple feedback processes and non-linear relationships. This chapter introduces dynamic project management (DPM), an SD-based new construction project modeling approach, which has been successfully applied to deal with dynamic complexities in diverse infrastructure and building projects. Particularly, this chapter introduces three major theoretical foundations of DPM: a holistic approach, a system structureoriented approach, and the incorporation of control time delays. This chapter is expected to serve as a useful guideline for the application of SD in construction and to contribute to expanding the current body of knowledge in construction simulation.
AB - Computer simulation is one of themostwidely utilized tools for operational research in construction engineering and management.Although discrete event simulation (DES) has been extensively utilized in construction, system dynamics (SD) has received relatively little attention despite its great potential to address dynamic complexity in construction projects, which are inherently complex, dynamic and involve multiple feedback processes and non-linear relationships. This chapter introduces dynamic project management (DPM), an SD-based new construction project modeling approach, which has been successfully applied to deal with dynamic complexities in diverse infrastructure and building projects. Particularly, this chapter introduces three major theoretical foundations of DPM: a holistic approach, a system structureoriented approach, and the incorporation of control time delays. This chapter is expected to serve as a useful guideline for the application of SD in construction and to contribute to expanding the current body of knowledge in construction simulation.
KW - Control theory
KW - Discrete event simulation
KW - Simulation
KW - System dynamics
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84896500403&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-94-017-8044-5_13
DO - 10.1007/978-94-017-8044-5_13
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84896500403
SN - 9789401780438
T3 - Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering
SP - 219
EP - 231
BT - Optimization and Control Methods in Industrial Engineering and Construction
PB - Kluwer Academic Publishers
ER -