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Al-Otaibi, N T N H (1995) A knowledge-based systems approach to materials management for large construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Toronto (Canada).
Chen, Y (2017) Factors affecting safety performance of construction workers: Safety climate, interpersonal conflicts at work, and resilience, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Toronto (Canada).
El-Gohary, N (2008) Semantic process modelling and integration for collaborative construction and infrastructure development, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Toronto (Canada).
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: coordination; sustainability; automation; business performance; collaboration; communication; integration; interoperability; safety; sustainable construction; sustainable development; project stakeholder; stakeholder; process modelling; workflow
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- URL: https://www.proquest.com/docview/304379720
- Abstract:
Knowledge is one of the most valuable assets. The harnessing and use of knowledge is the cornerstone of modern sustainable construction. Due to the growing number and conflicting interests of stakeholders, the increasing demands for context sensitive solutions and sustainable development, and the fast-growing complexities of interdependencies, coupled with the emerging opportunities of process-based collaboration and knowledge sharing; there is a need for process and knowledge-based collaboration between project stakeholders. Knowledge-based collaborative development aims at integrating the work processes across various stakeholders, disciplines, and projects to assure consistency in design, coordinated construction, consideration of sustainability, and better handling of interdependencies. Web-based collaborative tools (such as workflow automation tools) are means of supporting process-centered collaboration. However, existing tools have not fully addressed the challenges of domain-wide knowledge-based integration. Most of these tools are founded on semantically-poor, proprietary-based, and static models. Such models are not suitable for representing the diverse and dynamic domain knowledge. In this regard, ontologies have emerged to facilitate the modelling of knowledge. An ontology is a common vocabulary of terms, definitions, and interrelationships with explicitly defined and machine-understandable semantics. However, the development of a single ontology to serve the whole domain is not feasible given the multidisciplinary parties that are involved. The development of ontology merging techniques, therefore, becomes an essential component of semantic systems. Ontology merging is the process of deriving a new ontology based on two or more existing ontologies in order to facilitate ontology interoperability. This research developed a knowledge-based collaborative portal for supporting enhanced communication, coordination, and collaboration among various disciplines and stakeholders within the infrastructure and construction domain. The portal is founded on two main pillars: a domain process ontology for facilitating semantic process representation, and an ontology merger for allowing knowledge-based process integration. The portal aims at offering an efficient value-adding collaboration platform through multi-dimensional process integration for producing a common workflow that goes beyond listing of processes to a knowledge-enabled view. The ultimate goal is to support integrated coordinated decision-making in an efficient manner, leading to an enhancement in the construction business performance in terms of time, cost, quality, safety, and sustainability.
El-Sabek, L M (2017) Framework for managing integration challenges of production planning and control in international construction mega-projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Toronto.
Hyde, R A (1999) Educating engineers for environmentally sensitive practice, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Toronto (Canada).
Kinawy, S N (2017) Customizing information delivery for citizens in transportation infrastructure projects: Towards active community participation in decision-making, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Toronto (Canada).
Mahpour, A (2022) The application of data science to highway asset management investment strategies, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Toronto (Canada).
Milani, B (2005) Building materials in a green economy: Community-based strategies for dematerialization, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Toronto.
Mirahadi, S (2020) EvacuSafe: A smart evacuation management system for buildings, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Toronto (Canada).
Naji Almassi, A (2011) Credit value adjusted real options based valuation of multiple-exercise government guarantees for infrastructure projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Toronto (Canada).
Nik Bakht, M (2015) Analyzing social network discussions of infrastructure projects: towards a bottom-up decision making environment, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Toronto (Canada).
Rodrigues Aragao, R (2018) Using network theory to manage knowledge from unstructured data in construction projects: Application to a collaborative analysis of the energy consumption in the construction of oil and gas facilities, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Toronto (Canada).
Tang, Z (2005) Developing complete conditional probability tables from fractional data for Bayesian belief networks in engineering decision making, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Toronto (Canada).
Tsenkova, S (1998) Private housebuilding and housing markets in transitional economies: The case of Bulgaria, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Toronto (Canada).
Zachariah, J-A L (2003) Towards sustainable homes through optimization: An approach to balancing life cycle environmental impacts and life cycle costs in residential buildings, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Toronto (Canada).
Zangeneh, P (2021) Knowledge representation and artificial intelligence for management of socio-technical risks in megaprojects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Toronto (Canada).
Zhang, J (2010) A social semantic web system for coordinating communication in the architecture, engineering & construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Toronto (Canada).