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Civil-Comp Proceedings
ISSN 1759-3433 CCP: 17
KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS FOR CIVIL & STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING Edited by: B.H.V. Topping
Paper V.2
Application of Expert Systems Techniques to the Decision Making Process in Contract Strategy K.O. Sodipo
Department of Building and Civil Engineering, Stockport College of Further and Higher Education, Stockport, England K.O. Sodipo, "Application of Expert Systems Techniques to the Decision Making Process in Contract Strategy", in B.H.V. Topping, (Editor), "Knowledge Based Systems for Civil & Structural Engineering", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp 127-134, 1993. doi:10.4203/ccp.17.5.2
Abstract
Problems and failures have been experienced in the construction industry with respect to
the placing and management of Civil Engineering Contracts. These have been attributed to
the lack of thorough assessment of the feasible alternatives and poor project decision
making. Contract Strategy has evolved as a discipline in Project Management to address
these issues. This paper reports on an expert system model developed that aids in the
contract strategy decision making process. The design methodology implemented allows a
range of contractual arrangements to be assessed for a given project. In addition it
gives the merits and implications of using the different contract strategies. This
paper concentrates on the knowledgebase required to make explicit to the user the
inferences made during consultation. The mere reporting of rules fired during consultations,
common in most expert systems when the system is queried, was considered inadequate.
A different approach was adopted in structuring this part of the model's knowledgebase
which proved invaluable when tutoring applications of expert systems was contemplated.
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