Fuzzy Cognitive Maps as a Tool for Modeling Construction Labor Productivity

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dc.contributor.authorAhn, Seungjun
dc.contributor.authorChettupuzha, A. J. Antony
dc.contributor.authorEkyalimpa, Ronald
dc.contributor.authorHague, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorAbouRizk, Simaan M.
dc.contributor.authorStylios, Chrysostomos D.
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-15T06:41:52Z
dc.date.available2022-09-15T06:41:52Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractLabor productivity is a fundamental building block of planning and controlling in construction, and therefore, predicting labor productivity levels for a given condition is very important in construction management. However, predicting labor productivity is extremely difficult due to a large number of factors that can affect productivity in perplexing ways. Another obstacle to predicting labor productivity is the qualitative nature and subjectivity of productivity factors. To address these issues, a soft computing technique called Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCMs) is proposed as a tool to model the complex inter-relationships between productivity factors based on expert knowledge, and for assessing the impact of the productivity factors on labor productivity. In this paper, the methodology for creating and using FCMs for this purpose is introduced, and then an exercise is presented for demonstration purposes. Additionally, issues identified from this exercise are described, and the way that FCMs can be practically used in the field for predicting labor productivity is also discussed in the paper.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAhn, S., Chettupuzha, A. A., Ekyalimpa, R., Hague, S., AbouRizk, S. M., & Stylios, C. D. (2015, August). Fuzzy Cognitive Maps as a tool for modeling construction labor productivity. In 2015 Annual Conference of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society (NAFIPS) held jointly with 2015 5th World Conference on Soft Computing (WConSC) (pp. 1-7). IEEE.https://doi.org/10.1109/NAFIPS-WConSC.2015.7284150en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/4747
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIEEEen_US
dc.subjectConstruction Labor Productivity; Fuzzy Cognitive Map (FCM); Knowledge representation; Soft computingen_US
dc.titleFuzzy Cognitive Maps as a Tool for Modeling Construction Labor Productivityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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