| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/K92054/01 |
| Title: |
GENETIC ALGORITHMS FOR CONSTRUCTION SITE LAYOUT AND PROJECT PLANNING |
| Principal Investigator: |
Mawdesley, Dr M |
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| Department: |
Sch of Civil Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Nottingham |
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ROPA |
| Starts: |
13 February 1997 |
Ends: |
12 February 1999 |
Value (£): |
85,385
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| Construction Ops & Management |
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This project is intended to investigate the possibility of using generic algorithms to determine what temporary facilities to provide on a construction site, their timing and positioning. The information provided by the genetic algorithm will be used in the scheduling procedure to produce better and more realistic programmes of work thereby increasing the productivity and decreasing the uncertainty in the total construction process. Genetic algorithms are modelling techniques based on biological behaviour and they are in their infancy as far as their application to the built environment is concerned; this project is therefore speculative but considered feasible.
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http://www.nottingham.ac.uk |