Modern Management Quantification and Optimization Methods for Construction Engineering

Author: Wu Dingxian
Publisher: Seismological Publishing House
Publish Date: 1999-05-01
Features: This book is divided into two main parts. The first part discusses quantitative methods, detailing the quantitative approaches in 5M construction management, including Man, Method (i.e., schedule and quality), Material, Machine, and Money. It also covers technical economic analysis and forecasting techniques. The second part introduces optimization methods, using various construction management examples to incorporate decision-making and countermeasures, network ranking optimization, storage problems, queuing problems, linear programming, optimal methods, nonlinear programming, and dynamic programming system analysis theory to achieve optimal decision-making and selection. The book adopts a completely case-based approach for analysis and explanation. Among the 240 cases, it avoids complex mathematical derivations while allowing readers to directly engage with real-world scenarios, making it intuitive and easy to understand. It is a reference book with novel content and diverse formats. The value of this book lies first in its scientific nature. It can be said that quantitative and optimization analysis methods represent new content in modern construction engineering management. Traditional decision-making relied on experience, often leading to qualitative decisions, whereas modern decision-making methods require quantitative evidence. The book's strength lies in identifying certain decision-making patterns, procedures, and methods that are urgently needed by construction enterprise managers and leaders in production and economic activities. The knowledge and theories embedded in the book are rigorous and scientific, which makes its tool and reference value possible. The value of the book also lies in its systematic approach. The entire book follows a single thread: using system analysis theory to solve many problems encountered in construction engineering management. For example, it summarizes a company's bidding strategy and labor allocation as a game theory problem, the sequential commencement of several projects as a scheduling problem, and the optimal location selection of construction sites, stations, and warehouses as a graph theory problem. It is vivid and vivid, avoiding the pitfalls of complex mathematical theories, and skillfully selects and combines materials. The structure is clear, and the logic is transparent, meeting both high-level and high-level decision-making requirements while remaining accessible and easy to understand. It inspires ideas, encourages readers to think broadly, and offers a fresh perspective. The book's value also lies in its practicality. The publication of this book undoubtedly brings blessings to every construction decision-maker, manager, and technical economic personnel, effectively equipping the construction industry with a high-level, non-staffed, and always available senior consultant or think tank.