Abstract: This paper suggests the methodology to follow when conducting discrete-event simulation (DES) studies in construction engineering and management research. Emphasis is made on the steps that, due to the uniqueness of the ...

Abstract: Construction operations have been modeled and simulated using discrete-event simulations with effectiveness and fidelity that have continuously increased over the past four decades. Today, it is possible to model construction ...

Abstract: Simulation modeling and visualization can substantially help in designing complex construction operations and in making optimal decisions where traditional methods prove ineffective or are unfeasible. However, there has ...

Abstract: The presented work extends the state-of-the-art of visualizing discrete-event construction simulations in three dimensions (3D). Efficient methods are presented along with a tool,

Abstract: Visualization can be of significant value in improving the verification, validation, and communication of discrete-event simulation models of construction operations, which in turn can make the models more credible and ...

Abstract: Current state-of-the-art tools allow for the accurate modeling of complex construction operations using discrete-event simulation and their realistic postprocessed three-dimensional animation. Due to the postprocessed ...

Abstract: Dynamic three-dimensional (3D) animation can be of significant value in improving the verification validation, and communication of discrete-event simulation (DES) models of construction operations, which in turn can make ...

Abstract: The next logical evolution of discrete-event simulation (DES) technology for construction is for simulations and animations to run concurrently and in a manner that allows interaction with the animation to affect the course ...

Abstract: The comparison of alternative construction methods is one of the principal reasons for using simulation to model construction processes. The efficiency and effectiveness of such comparisons can be greatly improved by the ...

Abstract: This paper examines the characteristics of discrete-event simulation systems in terms of their application breadth (general or special purpose), modeling paradigm (process interaction versus activity scanning), and flexibility ...