Abstract
Special issue on hybrid simulation in construction
Simulation has proven to be a popular modelling method by enabling real-world systems to be represented in a virtual environment, allowing the impact of different managerial actions to be assessed in a risk-free environment. Simulation has experienced near-exponential growth in popularity in the last decade. In proposing this special section, we examined the journal papers published over the period of 2000 through to 2018 in each primary modelling and simulation technique including system dynamics (SD), agent-based modelling (ABM) and discrete event simulation (DES) with an application in construction projects. Using Scopus as the selected citation database, the total number of published journal papers that were identified from 2000 to 2018 which included DES, SD and ABM are 131, 115 and 60, respectively. In particular, there has been a rapid increase in the number of simulation papers in more recent years with more than 50% of these papers having been published from 2015 to 2018. This shows that simulation is a hot topic in construction management with a considerable number of published papers being devoted to the simulation tools and techniques and their applications.
Simulation has proven to be a popular modelling method by enabling real-world systems to be represented in a virtual environment, allowing the impact of different managerial actions to be assessed in a risk-free environment. Simulation has experienced near-exponential growth in popularity in the last decade. In proposing this special section, we examined the journal papers published over the period of 2000 through to 2018 in each primary modelling and simulation technique including system dynamics (SD), agent-based modelling (ABM) and discrete event simulation (DES) with an application in construction projects. Using Scopus as the selected citation database, the total number of published journal papers that were identified from 2000 to 2018 which included DES, SD and ABM are 131, 115 and 60, respectively. In particular, there has been a rapid increase in the number of simulation papers in more recent years with more than 50% of these papers having been published from 2015 to 2018. This shows that simulation is a hot topic in construction management with a considerable number of published papers being devoted to the simulation tools and techniques and their applications.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 361-362 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Construction Innovation |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 29 Jul 2021 |
Keywords
- hybrid simulation
- real world systems
- risk free environments