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Aka, A, Isah, A D, Eze, C J and Timileyin, O (2019) Application of lean manufacturing tools and techniques for waste reduction in Nigerian bricks production process. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 27(03), 658–79.
Andary, E G, Abi Shdid, C, Chowdhury, A and Ahmad, I (2019) Integrated project delivery implementation framework for water and wastewater treatment plant projects. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 27(03), 609–33.
Ball, R (1999) Developers, regeneration and sustainability issues in the re-use of vacant industrial buildings. Building Research & Information, 27(03), 140–8.
Christodoulou, S E, Ellinas, G N and Aslani, P (2009) Disorder considerations in resource-constrained scheduling. Construction Management and Economics, 27(03), 229–40.
Gambo, M J (2022) Effect of institutional context and finance context of housing finance on home ownership among low-income earners in Bauchi. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 27(03), 415-36.
Golizadeh, H, Hosseini, M R, Martek, I, Edwards, D, Gheisari, M, Banihashemi, S and Zhang, J (2019) Scientometric analysis of research on “remotely piloted aircraft”. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 27(03), 634–57.
Gravina da Rocha, C, El Ghoz, H B and Jr Guadanhim, S (2019) A model for implementing product modularity in buildings design. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 27(03), 680–99.
Halliday, S, Beggs, C and Muneer, T (1999) Is solar air conditioning feasible?. Building Research & Information, 27(03), 149–64.
Hui, E C-M and Fung, H H-K (2009) Real estate development as real options. Construction Management and Economics, 27(03), 221–7.
Jia, Y A, Rowlinson, S, Kvan, T, Lingard, H C and Yip, B (2009) Burnout among Hong Kong Chinese architecture students: the paradoxical effect of Confucian conformity values. Construction Management and Economics, 27(03), 287–98.
Leiringer, R, Green, S D and Raja, J Z (2009) Living up to the value agenda: the empirical realities of through-life value creation in construction. Construction Management and Economics, 27(03), 271–85.
Liao, L, Teo Ai Lin, E and Low, S P (2019) Assessing building information modeling implementation readiness in building projects in Singapore. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 27(03), 700–24.
Liu, Q, Ye, G and Feng, Y (2019) Workers’ safety behaviors in the off-site manufacturing plant. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 27(03), 765–84.
Marsh, L E and Finch, E F (1999) Using portable datafiles in the construction supply chain. Building Research & Information, 27(03), 127–39.
Mwamila, B L M and Karumuna, B L (1999) Semi-prefabrication concrete techniques in developing countries. Building Research & Information, 27(03), 165–82.
Ping Ho, S, Lin, Y-H, Wu, H-L and Chu, W (2009) Empirical test of a model for organizational governance structure choices in construction joint ventures. Construction Management and Economics, 27(03), 315–24.
Pulket, T and Arditi, D (2009) Construction litigation prediction system using ant colony optimization. Construction Management and Economics, 27(03), 241–51.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: ant colony algorithm; artificial intelligence; case-based reasoning; decision trees; litigation; neural networks
- ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446190802714781
- Abstract:
The frequency of construction litigation has increased over the years, making litigation a costly and time-consuming activity. It is in the interests of all parties to a construction contract to avoid litigation. A tool (Ant Miner) is proposed to predict the outcome of construction litigation, hence encouraging the parties to settle out of court. Ant Miner, a rule-based classification system extracts classification rules by using ant colony optimization. It is used on 151 Illinois circuit court cases filed in the period 1987-2005. The prediction model is composed of data consolidation, attribute selection, classification and assessment. The results provide evidence that Ant Miner performs better than models used in earlier studies and that the rule sets discovered by this tool are highly interpretable, but that this tool suffers a great deal from noisy data. If the parties involved in a dispute have access to the proposed system that predicts the decision of the courts with higher accuracy and reliability than before, then they are expected to avoid litigation and settle out of court in order to save considerable time, money and aggravation.
Rodriguez, F S, Spilski, J, Hekele, F, Beese, N O and Lachmann, T (2019) Physical and cognitive demands of work in building construction. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 27(03), 745–64.
Toor, S-U-R and Ofori, G (2009) Authenticity and its influence on psychological well-being and contingent self-esteem of leaders in Singapore construction sector. Construction Management and Economics, 27(03), 299–313.
Vahdatmanesh, M, Firouzi, A and Rotimi, J O B (2022) Real options analysis of revenue risk sharing in post-disaster housing reconstruction. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 27(03), 281-305.
Xu, Y and Turkan, Y (2019) BrIM and UAS for bridge inspections and management. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 27(03), 785–807.
Yuan, J, Zeng, A Y, Skibniewski, M J and Li, Q (2009) Selection of performance objectives and key performance indicators in public–private partnership projects to achieve value for money. Construction Management and Economics, 27(03), 253–70.
Zarghami, S A and Gunawan, I (2019) A fuzzy-based vulnerability assessment model for infrastructure networks incorporating reliability and centrality. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 27(03), 725–44.