Expert Systems For Management Training In The Construction Industry
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Ponniah, DA
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Gore, TW
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Macleod, H
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Saoud, Ehab AB
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None
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2005-01-25T15:59:00Z
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2005-01-25T15:59:00Z
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1996-07
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The construction industry is based on age old skills where 'man' has been the builder
and is coupled to his creative ability and skilled craftsmanship. This significant
dependency on human resources continues to this day and thus the success of the
construction industry is linked to making effective use of the human resources
through training programmes. The research presented in this thesis investigates the
use of expert systems in such management training programmes.
The work described in this thesis includes a literature survey in chapter 2 on different
aspects of human resources management with particular emphasis on management
training and learning styles. Chapter 3 presents the results and analysis of the civil
engineering and management practices survey, which was carried out during this
research. The survey focused mainly on management training and attitude towards
computer technology within the construction industry. Expert systems as a branch of
artificial intelligence is discussed in chapter 4, where an assessment of the usefulness
of using expert systems in different areas of construction management is carried out.
Research methodology and techniques of knowledge acquisition applied in this
research are presented in chapter 5. The process of the different stages in the
development of the contract and safety management expert system is presented in
chapter 6, which further describes the structure in which the system was designed.
Finally, in order to assess the usefulness of the expert system tool developed, a
summative evaluation is carried out. This evaluation examines many factors
including attitudes towards computing, human-computer interaction, knowledge base
design, use of expert system for training and expert system evaluation tests.
Evaluation results and analysis are presented in chapter 7.
It is concluded that there is certainty about the importance of management training in
the construction industry. Developing expert systems for such training can be used
as an aid tool in many training programmes. The choice of the development tool is
considered to be an important function in this research in order to achieve the
anticipated results by utilising the available resources. Evaluation of different shells
was carried out against the criteria mentioned in chapter 4 and CRYSTAL 4.5 was
chosen as the tool to be used in this research. During the development of the expert
system, CRYSTAL 4.5 proved to be flexible and fast in structuring the knowledge
base. The research also revealed the importance of the evaluation as an essential
element of any systematic training program. Results obtained from the contract and
safety management expert system evaluation (70% in favour of using expert systems
for training) suggested that most trainees managed to grasp the subject information.
Only a minority of trainees experienced difficulties during the training program.
Those trainees will benefit from the implementation of the points which are raised in
chapter 7.
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http://hdl.handle.net/1842/654
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University of Edinburgh; College of Science and Engineering; School of Engineering and Electronics
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Management
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Construction
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Systems
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Industry
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Expert
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Training
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Expert Systems For Management Training In The Construction Industry
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Thesis or Dissertation
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Doctoral
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PhD Doctor of Philosophy
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