Research on the coordination mechanism of major industrial project engineering and construction multi-agents based on structural holes theory

Abstract

Industry is an important pillar of the national economy. Industrial projects are the most complex and difficult projects to control in the construction industry, and major industrial projects are even more complex and difficult to control. Multi-agent coordination is one of the core issues of industrial projects. Based on an analysis of the engineering and construction chains and agent relationships and agent networks of industrial projects, a complex network of the engineering and construction agents of industrial projects is established, and the complex network structural holes theory is applied to study the nonrepeated relationships among agents in industrial projects. Assuming agents are linked through contract relations and the most critical contract index between the agents in the contract amount, through structural hole analysis considering the EPC and PMC model, the aggregate constraint list is obtained, 2D network diagram and 3D network diagram are shown. According to the aggregate constraint value, the EPC contractor with the minimum aggregate constraint value and the project management company with the minimum aggregate constraint value are the critical agent in EPC and PMC model. By analyzing the complex network comprising different models of industrial projects, it is concluded that the characteristics of the agent maintain an advantage in competition, the coordination mechanism of the integration of agent interests, and multi-agent relations are considered to solve the multi-agent coordination problem in major industrial projects.

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“…In addition, many scholars have adopted the complex network theory to address problems in the field of project management. Based on analyses of industrial project construction, the chain of construction, agent relationships and agent networks, Han.et al (2021) [ 39 ] established a complex network of industrial project construction and construction agents and applied the theory of complex network structural hole to study the non-repetitive relationship between agents in industrial projects. Herrera, RF et al (2020) [ 40 ] used complex network indexes and temporary social diagrams generated within the organization to understand the interactions in construction project design teams.…”