Flexibility and adaptability within the context of decision-making in infrastructure management

Sánchez-Silva, Mauricio; Calderón-Guevara, Wilmar

doi:10.1080/15732479.2022.2038642

Cited by 13 publications

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“…Decision rules are evaluated at specific timestamps, and thus, the problem involves solving to find the most suitable values for decision rules and the most suitable options. Such problems can be solved via multistage stochastic programming (Cardin et al 2017; Torres-Rincón et al 2021; Sánchez-Silva & Calderón-Guevara 2022). Multistage stochastic programming is a generalized form of two-staged stochastic programming that allows for representing a wider range of uncertainties.…”

Section: Findings: Incorporating Changeability For Value Robustnessmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, a notable distinction is the presence of decision rules that are practical and intuitive to use as uncertainties are resolved, as opposed to relying on an algorithm attempt to deduce the rules autonomously. Sánchez-Silva & Calderón-Guevara (2022) mapped a Pareto of expected NPV and its variance to highlight the risk and returns of each change decision. Such a mapping supports the development team in visually identifying the suitable change decision.…”

Section: Findings: Incorporating Changeability For Value Robustnessmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Incorporating changeability for value-robust product-service systems: an integrative review

Machchhar,

Bertoni,

Wall

et al. 2024

Des. Sci.

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The ongoing servitization journey of the manufacturing industries instills a through-life perspective of value, where a combination of products and services is delivered to meet expectations. Often described as a product-service system (PSS), these systems are poised with many complexity aspects, introducing uncertainties during the design phase. Incorporating changeability is one of the known strategies to deal with such uncertainties, where the system changes in the face of uncertainty to sustain value, thereby achieving value robustness. While the theme of dealing with multiple uncertainties has been discussed since the inception of PSS, changeability is still poorly addressed. To bridge this gap, an integrative literature review is performed to outline various complexities aspects and their link to uncertainty from a PSS perspective. Also, the state-of-the-art approach to achieving value robustness is presented via changeability incorporation. Subsequently, a reference framework is proposed to guide decision-makers in changeability incorporation in PSS, especially during the early design stages.

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Section: Findings: Incorporating Changeability For Value Robustnessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Findings: Incorporating Changeability For Value Robustnessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Incorporating changeability for value-robust product-service systems: an integrative review

Machchhar,

Bertoni,

Wall

et al. 2024

Des. Sci.

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“…A closed-loop architecture can be thought of as a synthesis configuration, irrespective of the system domain, be it physical or social, organizational, economic, or a combination of thereof. However, the literature predominantly employs two distinctive terms: engineering adaptability [40,41] and managerial adaptability [42,43]. To handle change in the design and management of building structure systems, the closed-loop architecture caters to both those notions and brings them under the single umbrella of a system closed-loop architecture.…”

Section: Resilience As System Form Return Abilitymentioning

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Resilience and Systems—A Building Structure Case Example

2023

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The resilience of building structures—as plain technical/physical/engineering systems or complex sociotechnical systems exposed to perturbations and change—has become increasingly important as natural disasters are on the rise and the world is changing rapidly. Existing resilience frameworks are focused mainly on the responses of building systems to perturbation events and their functional recovery, while change appears to be left out. This study applies the resilience system interpretation framework, which defines resilience in a cross-disciplinary environment as adaptation and adaptive systems, to analyze actual and conceptual building structure systems. The system framework, using modern control systems theory, defines resilience as the ability of the system state and form to return to their initial or other suitable states or forms through passive and active feedback mechanisms. A sample SMRF office building structure system is utilized to simulate the system state and form return abilities that are demonstrated by the system functional recovery time and functional recovery curve shape, respectively. This novel understanding of resilience accommodates a holistic and systematic integration of both perturbation and change in the portfolios of various building structures. The framework also provides a practical roadmap for resilience design and building of structures that effectively respond to perturbation while dynamically adapting to change in order to avoid obsolescence, as well as to increase the building’s useful life.

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“…This shows that the management approach needs to address several challenges and can change over time, depending on the goal(s) of the collaboration. Since flexibility within the decision-making process can have a positive impact on improving the performance of infrastructure [45], it can add value to infrastructure management. Overall, the possible approaches towards management and which party initiates collaboration show flexibility in management approach as a form of flexibility (element 3).…”

Section: Element 3: Management Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Are We Missing the Bus? A Case Study on Flexibility Options for Charging Infrastructure at the Amsterdam Central Station

2023

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Is it possible for flexible applications of infrastructure to help cope with the demand for space? In this paper we tried to answer how different forms of flexibility can impact the societal costs of infrastructure development on passenger transport hubs. For this explorative research option, the value is used to determine these impacts. It is applied to charging infrastructure for electric buses at the Amsterdam Central Station. It shows the challenge in setting up a collective approach towards attaining the optimal societal impact, due to limited knowledge on the potential of flexibility, the complexity in setting up a win-win for each stakeholder based on their different interests and the lacking ownership of the overall collective impact that can be made. The remaining question is, will there be a way out?

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Flexibility and adaptability within the context of decision-making in infrastructure management

Cited by 13 publications

References 41 publications

Incorporating changeability for value-robust product-service systems: an integrative review

Incorporating changeability for value-robust product-service systems: an integrative review

Resilience and Systems—A Building Structure Case Example

Are We Missing the Bus? A Case Study on Flexibility Options for Charging Infrastructure at the Amsterdam Central Station

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