Abstract: The complex and complicated dispute over Urmia Lake is systematically studied in this research using an innovative methodology that incorporates the graph model for conflict resolution (GMCR) and the system dynamics (SD) ...

Abstract: A systematic negotiation methodology for construction disputes is presented to take into consideration the attitudes of negotiators at two complementary levels of decision making: strategic and tactical. At the strategic ...

Abstract: An innovative negotiation methodology for resolving disputes in brownfield reconstruction is presented for handling negotiation in the presence of multiple decision makers (more than two). A unique feature of the proposed ...

Abstract: The aging infrastructure in North America and worldwide mandates large investments in repair and improvement (R&I) activities. For organizations that own many assets, managing a large number of R&I activities is not a ...

Abstract: Under the influence of a philosophical paradigm shift from modernism to late modernism, stakeholder participation in construction projects rose as a structural reformation of the distribution of power and to inhibit the ...