First Attempt Toward a Holistic Understanding of the Interdependent Rippled Impacts Associated with Out-of-Sequence Work in Construction Projects: System Dynamics Modeling Approach

Abotaleb, Ibrahim S.; El-adaway, Islam H.

doi:10.1061/(asce)co.1943-7862.0001539

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“…The identified texts, however, illuminate that core issues attributable to the mis-selection of analytical tools are linked to unclear protocols and lack of step-by-step guidance (Bhih and Hagazy 2021;Plotnik 2010). A number of texts also indicated that DATs utility is limited due to their fragmentary view on delay drivers (Bhih and Hagazy 2021;Bektas et al 2021;Bhih and Hagazy 2020;Abotaleb and El-Adaway 2018). Similar notions were made in the past.…”

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confidence: 81%

“…Winter (2010), for example, shown a novel method of correcting the flaws in project schedules prior to application of DATs. Several texts illustrated innovative approaches to quantification of concurrent delays (Bhih and Hegazy 2020), elimination and simplification of schedule interdependencies (Abotaleb and El-Adaway 2018) and enhancement of the conventional FDA with simulative modelling approaches (Fagiar et al 2019;Avalon and Rider 2009;Eden et al 2005). The search outputs also led to a number of publications proposing completely novel DATs and FDA processes.…”

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The Evolution of Forensic Delay Analysis: A Literature Review Investigating Changes and Progress in Project Management Approaches to Delay Measurement

Grzeszczyk,

Sainati,

Unterhitzenberger

2024

J. Leg. Aff. Dispute Resolut. Eng. Constr.

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This literature review explores the topic of Forensic Delay Analysis (FDA), highlighting recent advances and key themes currently attracting research interest within the area. Project delays in every context can have significant financial and non-financial impacts, so it is crucial to accurately identify and assess their influence. Our analysis shows that despite the initial conceptualisation of FDA methods and tools, the field remains complex and laborious, and its credibility is often contested due to . The findings suggest that FDA has received insufficient research attention compared to other project management domains and has made limited progress since its inception. Furthermore, there is no consistent approach to measuring delays, despite their prevalence, severity and global persistence. Although a wide range of publications acknowledge the continuing interest in FDA, most confirm its limited applicability and inadequate standardisation. The literature also highlights lack of progress in this area of knowledge predominantly due to lack of innovative perspectives, tools and understanding. In order to improve the credibility and reliability of FDA and DATs, it is therefore essential to embrace and promote alternative and innovative knowledge. This paper will appeal to a wide audience, including academics and practitioners, who wish to explore the limitations of FDA and the knowledge gaps identified in the existing literature.

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The Evolution of Forensic Delay Analysis: A Literature Review Investigating Changes and Progress in Project Management Approaches to Delay Measurement

Grzeszczyk,

Sainati,

Unterhitzenberger

2024

J. Leg. Aff. Dispute Resolut. Eng. Constr.

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“…the effects of team cultures on workers’ behaviors and vice versa; Goh et al , 2012). SD has also been found to be effective for analyzing the impacts of organizational interventions on organizational members’ attitudes, behavior and cultures (Abdel-Hamid, 1993; Ghaffarzadegan et al , 2011; Abotaleb and El-Adaway, 2018; Guo et al , 2018; Maani, 2020). On the other hand, ABM has been found to be effective in capturing group behavior emerging from the interactions of individuals (i.e.…”

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“…With an endogenous point of view, SD has strength in capturing causal feedback loops within the boundary of a system and explaining system behavior from the structure of the system. Because of this nature, SD has been widely used to simulate the impacts of policies and interventions for social systems, such as organizations (Abotaleb and El-adaway, 2018; Guo et al , 2018; Maani, 2020). However, because of its focus on the causal relationships between aggregate variables, SD is known to have a weakness in taking into account the diversity of the population and the networks (e.g.…”

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Agent-embedded system dynamics (aeSD) modeling approach for analyzing worker policies: a research case on construction worker absenteeism

Hwang

Ahn

Lee

2021

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Purpose Both system dynamics (SD) and agent-based modeling (ABM) have been used in simulation-based group dynamics research. To combine the advantages of both simulation approaches, the concept of SD-ABM hybrid simulation has been proposed. However, research efforts to compare the effectiveness of modeling approaches between the hybrid and non-hybrid models in the context of group dynamics study are rare. Against this background, this study aims to propose an agent-embedded SD (aeSD) modeling approach and demonstrate its advantages when compared to pure SD or ABM modeling approaches, based on a research case on construction workers’ social absenteeism. Design/methodology/approach The authors introduce an aeSD modeling approach to incorporate individual attributes and interactions among individuals in an SD model. An aeSD model is developed to replicate the behavior of an agent-based model previously developed by the authors to study construction workers’ group behavior regarding absenteeism. Then, the characteristics of the aeSD model in comparison with a pure ABM or SD model are demonstrated through various simulation experiments. Findings It is demonstrated that an aeSD model can capture the diversity of individuals and simulate emergent system behaviors arising from interactions among heterogeneous agents while holding the strengths of an SD model in identifying causal feedback loops and policy testing. Specifically, the effectiveness of the aeSD approach in policy testing is demonstrated through examples of simulation experiments designed to test various group-level and individual-level interventions to control social absence behavior of workers (e.g. changing work groupings, influencing workgroup networks and communication channels) under the consideration of the context of construction projects. Originality/value The proposed aeSD modeling method is a novel approach to how individual attributes of agents can be modeled into an SD model. Such an embedding-based approach is distinguished from the previous communication-based hybrid simulation approaches. The demonstration example presented in the paper shows that the aeSD modeling approach has advantages in studying group dynamic behavior, especially when the modeling of the interactions and networks between individuals is needed within an SD structure. The simulation experiments conducted in this study demonstrate the characteristics of the aeSD approach distinguishable from both ABM and SD. Based on the results, it is argued that the aeSD modeling approach would be useful in studying construction workers’ social behavior and investigating worker policies through computer simulation.

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Coordination perspective-based model for assessing dynamic sustainability of construction projects

Zhu

Zhao

Liu

et al. 2022

Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

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First Attempt Toward a Holistic Understanding of the Interdependent Rippled Impacts Associated with Out-of-Sequence Work in Construction Projects: System Dynamics Modeling Approach

Cited by 16 publications

References 56 publications

The Evolution of Forensic Delay Analysis: A Literature Review Investigating Changes and Progress in Project Management Approaches to Delay Measurement

The Evolution of Forensic Delay Analysis: A Literature Review Investigating Changes and Progress in Project Management Approaches to Delay Measurement

Agent-embedded system dynamics (aeSD) modeling approach for analyzing worker policies: a research case on construction worker absenteeism

Coordination perspective-based model for assessing dynamic sustainability of construction projects

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