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Simphony: an integrated environment for construction simulation

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Winter Simulation Conference archive
Proceedings of the 32nd conference on Winter simulation table of contents

Orlando, Florida

SESSION: Construction engineering and project management table of contents

Pages: 1907 - 1914

Year of Publication: 2000

ISBN:0-7803-6582-8

Authors

Simaan AbouRizk	University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G7, CANADA
Yasser Mohamed	University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G7, CANADA

Sponsors

IIE : Institute of Industrial Engineers
ASA : American Statistical Association
IEEE/CS : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers/Computer Society
IEEE/SMCS : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers/Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society
INFORMS-CS : Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences-College on Simulation
NIST : National Institute of Standards and Technology
SIGSIM: ACM Special Interest Group on Simulation and Modeling
SCS : The Society for Computer Simulation International

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Society for Computer Simulation International San Diego, CA, USA

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Downloads (6 Weeks): 8, Downloads (12 Months): 25, Citation Count: 10

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ABSTRACT

This paper discusses Simphony as an integrated environment for building special purpose simulation tools for modeling construction systems. Simphony provides various services that enable the developer to easily control different behaviors in the developed tool such as simulation behaviors, graphical representation, statistics, and animation. These services allow building flexible and user-friendly tools in a relatively short time. The developed tools (templates) then provide the building blocks that a user (construction engineer) can use to create simulation models for different construction domains without the need for a deep background in simulation techniques. The services available for the developer are discussed and examples of their use are illustrated. Samples of the tools developed with Simphony are also reviewed to highlight some of their features.

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	1	AbouRizk, S., and D. Hajjar. 1998. A framework for applying simulation in construction. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering. 25(3): 604-617.
	2	Dany Hajjar , Simaan AbouRizk, Simphony: an environment for building special purpose construction simulation tools, Proceedings of the 31st conference on Winter simulation: Simulation---a bridge to the future, p.998-1006, December 05-08, 1999, Phoenix, Arizona, United States [doi>10.1145/324898.324981]
	3	Hajjar, D., Y. Mohamed, and S. AbouRizk. 2000. Creating Special Purpose Simulation Tools with Simphony. In Proceedings of Construction Congress VI, ed., Kenneth D. Walsh, 87-96. Orlando, Florida.
	4	Simphony Documentation. 2000. Internal Report. NSERC/Alberta Construction Industry Research Chair. University of Alberta.

CITED BY 10

	Daniel W. Halpin , Henyi Jen , Jungwuk Kim, Construction engineering and project management I: a construction process simulation web service, Proceedings of the 35th conference on Winter simulation: driving innovation, December 07-10, 2003, New Orleans, Louisiana
	Albert Agbulos , Simaan M. AbouRizk, Construction engineering and project management II: an application of lean concepts and simulation for drainage operations maintenance crews, Proceedings of the 35th conference on Winter simulation: driving innovation, December 07-10, 2003, New Orleans, Louisiana
	Lingguang Song , Simaan M. AbouRizk, Construction engineering and project management I: building a virtual shop model for steel fabrication, Proceedings of the 35th conference on Winter simulation: driving innovation, December 07-10, 2003, New Orleans, Louisiana
	Simaan AbouRizk , Yasser Mohamed, CEPM 1: optimal construction project planning, Proceedings of the 34th conference on Winter simulation: exploring new frontiers, December 08-11, 2002, San Diego, California
	Hussien T. AL-Battaineh , Simaan AbouRizk , James Tan , Siri Fernando, Productivity simulation during the planning phase of the Glencoe tunnel in Calgary, Canada: a case study, Proceedings of the 37th conference on Winter simulation, December 03-06, 2006, Monterey, California
	Sivakumar Palaniappan , Anil Sawhney , Hessam S. Sarjoughian, Application of the DEVS framework in construction simulation, Proceedings of the 37th conference on Winter simulation, December 03-06, 2006, Monterey, California
	Kasun N. Hewage , Janaka Y. Ruwanpura, Optimization of traffic signal light timing using simulation, Proceedings of the 36th conference on Winter simulation, December 05-08, 2004, Washington, D.C.
	Sivakumar Palaniappan , Anil Sawhney , Howard H. Bashford , Kenneth D. Walsh, Special purpose simulation template for workflow analysis in construction, Proceedings of the 39th conference on Winter simulation: 40 years! The best is yet to come, December 09-12, 2007, Washington D.C.
	Anupama Gannoruwa , Janaka Y. Ruwanpura, Construction noise prediction and barrier optimization using special purpose simulation, Proceedings of the 39th conference on Winter simulation: 40 years! The best is yet to come, December 09-12, 2007, Washington D.C.
	Gunnar Lucko , Perakath C. Benjamin , Michael G. Madden, Harnessing the power of simulation in the project management/decision support aspects of the construction industry, Proceedings of the 40th Conference on Winter Simulation, December 07-10, 2008, Miami, Florida

Collaborative Colleagues:

Simaan AbouRizk: colleagues

Yasser Mohamed: colleagues

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