TY - GEN
T1 - An analysis method for planning processes in AEC
AU - Lähr, A.
AU - Bletzinger, K. U.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - In this contribution, methods are presented, which allow an analysis of a collaborative planning process. An analysis is done by an analyst, who represents a project manager, planner or any other person, involved in the planning process. The overall success of a product strongly depends on the efficiency of the planning process. The course has to be set at a point in time where only diffuse knowledge of certain information is available. Making a decision at such a point usually has severe impact on the development of the ongoing planning process. Typically, the process goes on with time and the goal is to achieve optimal planning advances. The challenge is to find the interdisciplinary optimum, which usually is a compromise. In general, many methods, defining assessment criteria and support solving problems, are applied in the field of sensitivity analysis. Integrated within an analysis environment those methods help to identify if planning decision support is necessary and how it can be achieved in the best way. There are further multidisciplinary aspects which additionally increase complexity: (i) planning processes are managed by several, geographically distributed participants; (ii) prediction of consequences of planning decisions is not trivial in multidisciplinary groups; (iii) there have to be considered several viewpoints that depend on individual perceptions of involved participants. As a consequence, analysis tools must be designed for great flexible but have to be able to answer individual questions. The Analysis Environment (AE) is realized by an agent based approach. Agent technology emerged as extremely useful to handle flexible and generic communication and interaction on a very high level of abstraction. Therefore, the AE becomes highly flexible and extendable.
AB - In this contribution, methods are presented, which allow an analysis of a collaborative planning process. An analysis is done by an analyst, who represents a project manager, planner or any other person, involved in the planning process. The overall success of a product strongly depends on the efficiency of the planning process. The course has to be set at a point in time where only diffuse knowledge of certain information is available. Making a decision at such a point usually has severe impact on the development of the ongoing planning process. Typically, the process goes on with time and the goal is to achieve optimal planning advances. The challenge is to find the interdisciplinary optimum, which usually is a compromise. In general, many methods, defining assessment criteria and support solving problems, are applied in the field of sensitivity analysis. Integrated within an analysis environment those methods help to identify if planning decision support is necessary and how it can be achieved in the best way. There are further multidisciplinary aspects which additionally increase complexity: (i) planning processes are managed by several, geographically distributed participants; (ii) prediction of consequences of planning decisions is not trivial in multidisciplinary groups; (iii) there have to be considered several viewpoints that depend on individual perceptions of involved participants. As a consequence, analysis tools must be designed for great flexible but have to be able to answer individual questions. The Analysis Environment (AE) is realized by an agent based approach. Agent technology emerged as extremely useful to handle flexible and generic communication and interaction on a very high level of abstraction. Therefore, the AE becomes highly flexible and extendable.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:27144447097
SN - 0784407940
T3 - Proceedings of the 2005 ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering
SP - 1741
EP - 1749
BT - Computing in Civil Engineering - Proceedings of the 2005 International Conference
A2 - Soibelman, L.
A2 - Pena-Mora, F.
T2 - 2005 ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering
Y2 - 12 July 2005 through 15 July 2005
ER -