Title: Decision of mechanical allocation in subgrade earthwork construction under uncertainty

Authors: Bo Wang; Ying Wang; Li-jie Cui

Addresses: Equipment Management and Unmanned Aircraft Engineering College, Airforce Engineering University, Xi'an, 710051, China ' Equipment Management and Unmanned Aircraft Engineering College, Airforce Engineering University, Xi'an, 710051, China ' Equipment Management and Unmanned Aircraft Engineering College, Airforce Engineering University, Xi'an, 710051, China

Abstract: There are two common phenomena in a subgrade earthwork construction, one is the queuing problem caused by mechanical resource confliction, and the other is the hysteresis of construction schedule caused by uncertainties. These two phenomena will have a huge impact on the mechanical allocation. Based on the Petri net, queuing theory and uncertainty theory, we firstly establish the whole construction process model under uncertain conditions. Secondly, we solve the mechanical configuration problem according to a designed construction progress. Thirdly, we add some uncertain factors into the mechanical allocation. Finally, through a numerical application, we verify and compare the decisions above.

Keywords: subgrade earthwork construction; mechanical allocation; uncertain conditions.

DOI: 10.1504/IJICT.2019.103004

International Journal of Information and Communication Technology, 2019 Vol.15 No.3, pp.275 - 293

Received: 24 Feb 2018
Accepted: 04 Sep 2018

Published online: 14 Oct 2019 *

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