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Title Fuzzy hybrid computing in construction engineering and management : theory and applications / edited by Aminah Robinson Fayek
Edition First edition
Published Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018
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Contents Front Cover; Fuzzy Hybrid Computing in Construction Engineering and Management: Theory and applications; Copyright Page; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; About the Editor; About the Authors; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Purpose and Structure of the Book; Chapter Summaries; Part 1: Introduction to Fuzzy Logic and Overview of Fuzzy Hybrid Techniques in Construction Engineering and Management; Introduction to Fuzzy Logic in Construction Engineering and Management; Overview of Fuzzy Hybrid Techniques in Construction Engineering and Management
Part 2: Theoretical Approaches of Fuzzy Hybrid Computing in Construction Engineering and ManagementFuzzy Arithmetic Operations: Theory and Applications in Construction Engineering and Management; Fuzzy Simulation Techniques in Construction Engineering and Management; Fuzzy Set Theory and Extensions for Multi-criteria Decision-making in Construction Management; Fuzzy Consensus and Fuzzy Aggregation Processes for Multi-criteria Group Decision-making Problems in Construction Engineering and Management; Fuzzy AHP with Applications in Evaluating Construction Project Complexity
Part 3: Applications of Fuzzy Hybrid Computing in Construction Engineering and ManagementThe Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process in the Investment Appraisal of Drilling Methods; Modelling Risk Allocation Decisions in Public-Private Partnership Contracts Using the Fuzzy Set Approach; Flexible Management of Essential Construction Tasks Using Fuzzy OLAP Cubes; Using an Adaptive Neuro-fuzzy Inference System for Tender Price Index Forecasting: A Univariate Approach; Modelling Construction Management Problems with Fuzzy Cognitive Maps
Crane Guidance Gesture Recognition Using Fuzzy Logic and Kalman FilteringFuture Directions; Part 1: Introduction to Fuzzy Logic and Overview of Fuzzy Hybrid Techniques in Construction Engineering and Management; Introduction to Fuzzy Logic in Construction Engineering and Management; List of Notations; Fuzzy Logic for Handling Uncertainty in Construction Engineering and Management; Fuzzy Sets and Membership Functions; Representing Membership Functions; Characteristics of Membership Functions; Fuzzy Variables and Fuzzy Partitions; Basic Set Operations on Fuzzy Sets
Fuzzy Relations and Fuzzy CompositionDefuzzification; Non-probabilistic Entropy: Measuring the Degree of Fuzziness; Fuzzy Numbers; Membership Function Specification Methods; Direct Assignment of Membership Functions: Horizontal and Vertical Methods; Pairwise Comparison Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process; Statistical Methods; Methods Based on Clustering; Fuzzy Rule-based Systems; Methods of Generating Fuzzy Rule-based Systems; Fuzzy Hybrid Modelling in Construction; References; Overview of Fuzzy Hybrid Techniques in Construction Engineering and Management; Introduction
Summary This book is a guide for students, researchers, and practitioners to the latest developments in fuzzy hybrid computing in construction engineering and management. It discusses basic theory related to fuzzy logic and fuzzy hybrid computing, their application in a range of practical construction problems, and emerging and future research trends
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Systematic Literature Review Methodology
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Subject Engineering -- Mathematical models
Construction industry -- Mathematical models.
Fuzzy logic.
Construction industry.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Civil -- General.
Construction industry -- Mathematical models
Engineering -- Mathematical models
Fuzzy logic
Form Electronic book
Author Fayek, Aminah Robinson, editor
LC no. 2017279224
ISBN 9781787438682
1787438686