TY - GEN
T1 - Modeling construction safety as an agent-based emergent phenomenon
AU - Palaniappan, Sivakumar
AU - Sawhney, Anil
AU - Janssen, Marcus
AU - Walsh, Kenneth D.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Traditional research in construction safety focused on accident data analysis, identification of root cause factors and safety climate modeling. These research efforts did not study the dynamic repetitive interaction among multiple root cause factors. Recently safety research focuses on developing accident causation models. These models attempt to explain how the interaction among multiple project factors gets translated into safety incidents. Agent based modeling and simulation (ABMS) is an appropriate technique to develop computational models of accidents causation because of its ability to model human factors and repetitive decentralized interactions. This paper presents a conceptual framework for developing agent based models of construction safety. The key components of the model such as construction crew, management, work environment, material and equipment related quality issues, project/process level complexities, interaction rules and adaptation have been discussed. Further the adaptation of agents in response to the safety culture has been demonstrated using a simple ABMS experiment.
AB - Traditional research in construction safety focused on accident data analysis, identification of root cause factors and safety climate modeling. These research efforts did not study the dynamic repetitive interaction among multiple root cause factors. Recently safety research focuses on developing accident causation models. These models attempt to explain how the interaction among multiple project factors gets translated into safety incidents. Agent based modeling and simulation (ABMS) is an appropriate technique to develop computational models of accidents causation because of its ability to model human factors and repetitive decentralized interactions. This paper presents a conceptual framework for developing agent based models of construction safety. The key components of the model such as construction crew, management, work environment, material and equipment related quality issues, project/process level complexities, interaction rules and adaptation have been discussed. Further the adaptation of agents in response to the safety culture has been demonstrated using a simple ABMS experiment.
KW - Agent based modeling and simulation
KW - Construction accidents causation
KW - Construction safety
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U2 - 10.22260/isarc2007/0063
DO - 10.22260/isarc2007/0063
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84862998460
SN - 9788190423519
T3 - Automation and Robotics in Construction - Proceedings of the 24th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction
SP - 375
EP - 382
BT - Automation and Robotics in Construction - Proceedings of the 24th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction
PB - International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction I.A.A.R.C)
T2 - 24th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, ISARC 2007
Y2 - 19 September 2007 through 21 September 2007
ER -