Agents can benefit from contracting some of their tasks that cannot be performed by themselves or that can be performed more efficiently by other agents. Developing an agent’s contracting strategy in the University of Michigan Digital Library (UMDL), however, is not easy for the following reasons. The UMDL consists of self-interested agents who will perform a task of another agent’s only when d...

We consider a situation in which a home improvement project contractor has a team of regular crew members who receive compensation even when they are idle. Because both projects arrivals and the completion time of each project are uncertain, the contractor needs to manage the utilization of his crews carefully. One common approach adopted by many home improvement contractors is to accept multip...

The construction industry has higher accident rates than normal manufacturing. Very high accident rates were found amongst contractors in parts of the Norwegian offshore industry. The term contractor includes individual workers, small firms, and large construction companies with many employees. The contractor is exposed to process risks and diverse occupational risks while doing maintenance or ...

OBJECTIVES Determine if a university based (third party) intervention can improve construction contractor organizational performance to increase use of fall prevention practices and technologies. SETTING Falls are the leading cause of worker injury and death in the construction industry. Equipment and practices that can prevent falls are often not used appropriately in the dynamic constructio...

Adjustable autonomy means dynamically adjusting the level of autonomy of an agent depending on the situation" [1]. Our claim is that in studying how to adjust the level of autonomy and how to arrive to a dynamic level of control, it could be useful an explicit theory of delegation able to specify different levels of autonomy. In this paper, we present our model of levels of delegation and help....

In order to ensure a smooth construction project, it is necessary select an appropriate contractor. However, traditional bid evaluation methods are highly subjective in determining weights. Data envelopment analysis (DEA), comprehensive method that considers multiple factors, was introduced reduce subjectivity and provide simple yet for evaluating bids. Based on the existing cross-evaluation ba...

This paper provides a systematic literature review and analysis of game theory to model oil gas scenarios. We select 2514 papers from Scopus, present complex three-dimensional classification the selected papers, analyze resultant citation network. According industry-based classification, surveyed can be classified in common supply chain fields. Based on types players, into that use government-c...

The construction industry supply chain emphasizes the importance of client and contractor relationship. This research examines process evaluating Contractor's capability in selecting a contractor. study also reviews how project owner solves problem during work. uses qualitative case approach. is based on library research, Delphi method, content analysis. results show: (a) building relationship,...