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Arora, R (1997) Role and influence of emerging social dynamics in decisions on investment opportunities in construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Bhattacharya, S (2011) Enablers of growth for construction companies in India: a strategic approach, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Chaphalkar, N B (2007) Expert system for resolution of delay claims in construction contracts, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Deshpande, S D (1988) Some facility planning techniques for construction site layouts, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Jayesh, M P (2020) Inter-state migration for employment in India: a study on construction workers in Kerala, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Jha, K N (2004) Factors for the success of a construction project: empirical study, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Johari, S (2021) Effect of socioemotional cognitive, and technical competencies of workers on construction labor productivity, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Kar, S (2021) Developing a decision support system for effective material management in construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Karimi, Z (2016) Construction project performance metrics: conceptualization, measurement and application in metro rail, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Kuldip, C (1989) OR applications in strategic sector constructions with capital budgeting, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Kulshrestha, M (1997) Total Value Control in Construction through Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM), Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Kumar, R (2020) Risk management framework for construction projects aligned to actualities, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Kumar, S V (2019) Identification and modelling of risk factors, mitigation measures, and entry strategies for Indian construction firms in international markets, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Kumar, V S S (1993) Application of fuzzy set theory in construction management, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: complexity; construction activity; duration; flexibility; fuzzy set; construction technology; civil engineering; life cycle; programming; civil engineer; linear programming; network analysis; weather; simulation
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- URL: http://eprint.iitd.ac.in/handle/2074/5922
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Construction technology is becoming more and more complicated, partly because of the phenomenal increase in the activity and mostly because of the complexity of the parameters that are involved. Hence, the need to rationalize the various inputs and optimize the construction practices has already become imperative. Several considerations, which are qualitatively described by terms such as high, medium, low, good, bad, satisfactory, have a very important bearing on the Civil Engineering aspects of a project and the structures therein. The subjective judgments implicit in these qualitative terms cannot be directly incorporated into the analysis and planning of Civil Engineering activities. The Fuzzy Set theory makes available a very convenient and meaningful tool to practicing engineers to incorporate these seemingly vague but practically powerful factors in the several phases of a project life cycle. This dissertation evolves certain methodologies of incorporating Fuzzy Set Concepts into the analysis procedures in certain phases of a project and illustrates the application through important topics of network analysis, evaluation of alternatives, assessment of working capital requirement, and Fuzzy linear programming (which are described in brief in the subsequent paragraphs). In the first case, simulation of a project network with fuzzy activity durations is discussed in detail. Comparative deductions on the results of simulation and of Fuzzy Set theory application establish the potential of, and confidence in, Fuzzy Set theory application to Construction Management. In the second aspect of the study, intangible, non-quantitative and linguistic variables have been considered for the evaluation process. In this context, the application of Dominance Matrix for evaluation of alternatives has been studied. The method of evaluation of external forces, namely, weather conditions, resource availability, etc., has been extended to assessment of Working Capital requirement as the third aspect of the study. This has been done by recognizing the fuzzy nature of factors, like foundation conditions, engineer's experience, etc., in as much as they affect construction activity. In the fourth aspect, application of Fuzzy Linear Programming has been discussed. This tool handles linguistic goals and constraints by using flexibility in the constraints as well as fuzziness in the objective function. This technique has been reviewed with respect to Construction Management and applied to a case example to illustrate its advantages.
Maddah, R (2019) An analysis of risks faced by foreign construction firms in India and their effect on project performance, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Mathur, R N (1986) Perception of quality of working life and the related factors: a study of women workers in construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Mujumdar, P (2017) Modeling design interdependency and iteration for multiple two-way information exchanges in construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Padala, S P S (2020) Matrix-based framework for modeling changes across multiple entity types in construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Pandey, P (2019) Lean scheduling in construction projects: realistic milestone planning, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Panwar, A (2019) Development of a many-objective model based on NSGA-III for construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Patel, D A (2015) Estimating the number of fatal accidents and investigating the determinants of safety performance in indian construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Patil, S K (2016) Determining influencing factors and predicting dispute outcome of variation claims in Indian construction contracts/ by Smita Krishnarao Patil, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Sharma, R (1998) Organizational role stress:focus on executives of construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Sinesilassie, E G (2017) Determinants of success of public construction projects in Ethiopia, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Sundaram, T K (1989) Contract management: a rational approach to construction contract pricing, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Tabish, S Z S (2011) Critical success factors and fair performance in public construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
Tripathi, K K (2018) Critical success factors for construction organizations in India, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.