Publications / 2008 Proceedings of the 25th ISARC, Vilnius, Lituania

Reasoned Decisions in Construction Materials Selection

Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas, Vaidotas Trinkunas, Arturas Kaklauskas
Pages 528-532 (2008 Proceedings of the 25th ISARC, Vilnius, Lituania, ISBN 978-9955-28-304-1, ISSN 2413-5844)
Abstract:

The significant part of the constructions' value consists of construction materials price. Thus proper selection of construction products has significantly impacted on construction effectiveness. With the aim of using financial resources for the construction effectively, it is very important that well considered and reasonable decisions should be made regarding the selection of construction materials. Additionally, in seeking to facilitate the work of decisionmakers, computer technologies are used that operates according to particular models. These models are based on special mathematical methods in order to facilitate decision-making and apply to a certain decision area. In this article, the possibilities of applying methods for popular decision-making are analyzed regarding the selection of construction materials.

Keywords: Construction materials selection, reasoned decisions, decision support, real time system