Abstract
Construction engineering and management are vital for successful project execution, and both researchers and practitioners continually seek ways to improve construction processes. Fuzzy logic plays an important role in many construction engineering and management applications, which are reviewed in this paper. This paper discusses the limitations of fuzzy logic and how this theory has been combined with other modeling techniques to develop fuzzy hybrid techniques, and describes the aspects of construction problems and decision making that are most effectively modeled using these techniques. Fuzzy hybrid techniques that are most common in construction are presented and examples from construction literature and the author’s research program are provided. The author shares her vision of future research in this area, which is based on her expertise and experiences collaborating with construction industry partners, who have helped shape her research program and its impact on industry. Finally, the author presents her thoughts on the challenges construction researchers face in translating research to practice and measuring its impact, and she discusses some potential solutions from her research program. This paper is based on the 2019 Peurifoy Construction Advancement Address, which the author presented in Montreal, Canada, in June 2019.
Highlights
Construction management has always been necessary for organizations to deliver project results that meet or exceed performance objectives, such as time, cost, productivity, quality, and safety
This paper provides an overview of the role of fuzzy logic and fuzzy hybrid techniques in construction engineering and management
This paper is based on the 2019 Peurifoy Construction Advancement Address, which the author presented in Montreal, Canada, in June 2019
Summary
Construction management has always been necessary for organizations to deliver project results that meet or exceed performance objectives, such as time, cost, productivity, quality, and safety. Most decision making in construction requires the use of modeling techniques that can capture and process subjective uncertainty and linguistically expressed expert knowledge, uncertainty has been treated as a random phenomenon in traditional modeling approaches. To address these challenges, researchers have applied fuzzy logic to construction process modeling and decision making. This paper provides an overview of the role of fuzzy logic and fuzzy hybrid techniques in construction engineering and management Applications of these techniques, which have been developed by the author and the greater construction research community, are presented. This paper is based on the 2019 Peurifoy Construction Advancement Address, which the author presented in Montreal, Canada, in June 2019
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