Study on Application of Monte Carlo Simulation in Construction Schedule Management

Yang Liu; Yan Li

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.859.284

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Study on Application of Monte Carlo Simulation in Construction Schedule Management

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It has been proved that the construction schedule management was an uncertain problem. Traditional CPM method was a good way to define the total duration and critical paths but can not solve uncertainty. The paper use CPM to define the duration and critical path firstly, then defined the parameters with Delphi and make Monte Carlo simulation. Through simulation results, it is found that the probability to finish the work on time was only 68%. The following step is to make sensitivity analysis, through the calculation, the work which has large influence was found and treat as key control points. It is proved that Monte Carlo simulation is useful to solve the problem of construction schedule management.

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