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Alvanchi, A, Lee, S and AbouRizk, S (2012) Dynamics of Working Hours in Construction. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(01), 66–77.
Bakhoum, E S and Brown, D C (2012) Developed Sustainable Scoring System for Structural Materials Evaluation. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(01), 110–9.
Bemelmans, J, Voordijk, H, Vos, B and Buter, J (2012) Assessing Buyer-Supplier Relationship Management: Multiple Case-Study in the Dutch Construction Industry. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(01), 163–76.
Bo, X and Chan, A P C (2012) Investigation of Barriers to Entry into the Design-Build Market in the People’s Republic of China. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(01), 120–7.
El-Diraby, T E (2012) Epistemology of Construction Informatics. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(01), 53–65.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: Information management; Knowledge-based systems; Construction industry; Informatics; Knowledge management; Ontology; Semantic systems; Theory of construction;
- ISBN/ISSN: 0733-9364
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000392
- Abstract:
Informatics deal with knowledge management and not just information technology, which, by its very nature, is social, cognitive, and tied to linguistics and human communication. Consequently, philosophy plays a major role in informatics because one has to understand in a human and not artificial way the meaning of concepts, their relationships, and their frames of references (context). Over the last few years, this has manifested in the development of many ontologies (a formal description of what knowledge is known). Epistemology, the means by which one knows or creates assumptions about knowledge, did not receive its due attention. This paper establishes the need for investigating the epistemological foundations of construction informatics systems, reviews related schools of epistemology in general philosophy and in that of science, reviews the rather limited and indirect use of epistemology in construction research, and presents a proposal for an epistemology for construction informatics. Such epistemology is meant to act as guidelines for the development of informatics systems and, more importantly, the ontologies they use. The proposed epistemology (1) advocates the use of constructivist models (bottom-up approach) at the microlevel (individual models) within a contemporary pragmatic framework, i.e., acceptance of dualism and probabilistic coexistence and focus on usability and benefit to users, at the macrolevel in which models should be linked to one other effectively to present a value for users; (2) emphasizes the need for context modeling along with concept modeling; (3) calls for balancing object orientation (top-down standardization) with prototype orientation (discovery and situational awareness) in concept development; and (4) balancing communication (linguistic orientation) along with the prevailing reasoning orientation.
Han, S, Lee, S and Peña-Mora, F (2012) Identification and Quantification of Non-Value-Adding Effort from Errors and Changes in Design and Construction Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(01), 98–109.
Jarkas, A M (2012) Buildability Factors Influencing Concreting Labor Productivity. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(01), 89–97.
Ji, S, Park, M and Lee, H (2012) Case Adaptation Method of Case-Based Reasoning for Construction Cost Estimation in Korea. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(01), 43–52.
Kim, B and Hong, T (2012) Revised Case-Based Reasoning Model Development Based on Multiple Regression Analysis for Railroad Bridge Construction. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(01), 154–62.
Leung, M and Chan, I Y S (2012) Exploring Stressors of Hong Kong Expatriate Construction Professionals in Mainland China: Focus Group Study. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(01), 78–88.
Lhee, S C, Issa, R R A and Flood, I (2012) Prediction of Financial Contingency for Asphalt Resurfacing Projects using Artificial Neural Networks. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(01), 22–30.
Shrestha, P P, O’Connor, J T and Gibson, G E (2012) Performance Comparison of Large Design-Build and Design-Bid-Build Highway Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(01), 1–13.
Song, X, Peña-Mora, F, Menassa, C C and Arboleda, C A (2012) Insurance as a Risk Management Tool for ADR Implementation in Construction Disputes. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(01), 14–21.
Taghaddos, H, AbouRizk, S, Mohamed, Y and Hermann, U (2012) Simulation-Based Auction Protocol for Resource Scheduling Problems. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(01), 31–42.
Yang, H, Chan, A P C, Yeung, J F Y and Li, Q (2012) Concentration Effect on Construction Firms: Tests of Resource Partitioning Theory in Jiangsu Province (China) from 1989 to 2007. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(01), 144–53.
Yu, W and Wang, K (2012) Best Value or Lowest Bid? A Quantitative Perspective. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(01), 128–34.
Zerjav, V, Hartmann, T and Javernick-Will, A (2012) Internal Governance of Design and Engineering: The Case of the Multinational Firm. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 138(01), 135–43.