Decision Support Systems for Managing Construction Projects: A Scientific Evolution Analysis

Abstract

The dynamic nature and increasing complexity of construction projects impose many challenges for project planning and control. For years, there has been a debate about the success of construction projects and how to achieve them. A bibliometric study was developed based on 750 scientific papers on project success, decision support system, optimization, and project performance. Data are collected from the Scopus and Web of Science databases and cover the period from January 2000 to February 2022. Several types of analysis were made—data information, research growth, most productive country, most productive institution, most relevant source, most influential authors, collaborations between countries, institutions, authors, most relevant or most cited publication, highest frequency, and keyword occurrence. It is pointed out which are the important authors and journals and in which direction further research should be directed. This paper identifies that construction is one of the least digitized industries in the world. There is a great need for more studies on the organizational changes necessary for digitization and how to evaluate and implement digital technologies to support business on the construction site.

Electric Vehicle Supply Chain Management: A Bibliometric and Systematic Review

“…This indicator aims to identify global concrete links and propose links between countries that do not have collaboration but have potential in exploring or implementing a process, system, or product [19,20]. Interests between countries can also be discussed.…”

“…Trends and findings of gaps in the literature can be analysed using the authors' keywords or keywords provided by the database [20][21][22]. The latter are labelled as 'Keyword Plus' in the Web of Science database or 'Index Keyword' in the Scopus database.…”

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Performance Measurement Framework for Prediction and Management of Construction Investments

“…Therefore, project failure is often seen as a lack of understanding of the project requirements and the constraints necessary for overall success, emphasizing the early stages of the project. Such is most evident in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry as construction costs are one of the main criteria for decision making in the early stages and of interest to all project participants, i.e., stakeholders [29,30]. Very often, there are discrepancies between the estimated (e.g., planned or contracted) costs concerning the realized (e.g., actual) costs of the construction project [31].…”