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Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A (Applied Physics & Engineering)  2017, Vol. 18 Issue (1): 1-19    DOI: 10.1631/jzus.A1600564
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Dynamic time-cost-quality tradeoff of rockfill dam construction based on real-time monitoring
Deng-hua Zhong, Wei Hu, Bin-ping Wu, Zheng Li, Jun Zhang
The State Key Laboratory of Hydraulic Engineering Simulation and Safety, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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Abstract  Time, cost, and quality are three key control factors in rockfill dam construction, and the tradeoff among them is important. Research has focused on the construction time-cost-quality tradeoff for the planning or design phase, built on static empirical data. However, due to its intrinsic uncertainties, rockfill dam construction is a dynamic process which requires the tradeoff to adjust dynamically to changes in construction conditions. In this study, a dynamic time-cost-quality tradeoff (DTCQT) method is proposed to balance time, cost, and quality at any stage of the construction process. A time-cost-quality tradeoff model is established that considers time cost and quality cost. Time, cost, and quality are dynamically estimated based on real-time monitoring. The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method is applied to quantify the decision preferences among time, cost, and quality as objective weights. In addition, an improved non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-II) coupled with the technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) method is used to search for the optimal compromise solution. A case study project is analyzed to demonstrate the applicability of the method, and the efficiency of the proposed optimization method is compared with that of the linear weighted sum (LWS) and NSGA-II.

Key wordsDynamic time-cost-quality tradeoff      Rockfill dam construction      Real-time monitoring      Decision preferences     
Received: 11 August 2016      Published: 03 January 2017
CLC:  TV512  
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Deng-hua Zhong, Wei Hu, Bin-ping Wu, Zheng Li, Jun Zhang. Dynamic time-cost-quality tradeoff of rockfill dam construction based on real-time monitoring. Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A (Applied Physics & Engineering), 2017, 18(1): 1-19.

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