TY - JOUR
T1 - Decision analysis applied to tunnel exploration planning. I
T2 - Principles and case study
AU - Karam, Karim S.
AU - Karam, Jad S.
AU - Einstein, Herbert H.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Exploration planning is a process of decision making under uncertainty. This paper, Part I of two dealing with the exploration problem, briefly reviews the decision analytical procedure for tunnel exploration, and provides practical techniques to do so. Specifically, this paper presents an approach by which the effect of additional exploration can be assessed before actually committing to exploration, through a process of so-called virtual exploration. This is practically done with an easy-to-use software package developed in Visual Basic for Applications in Microsoft Excel, called the Decision Aids for Tunnel Exploration. Part II will describe the uncertainties that enter into the tunnel exploration decision procedure, and will provide practical techniques to asses the effects of these uncertainties on the exploration decision making.
AB - Exploration planning is a process of decision making under uncertainty. This paper, Part I of two dealing with the exploration problem, briefly reviews the decision analytical procedure for tunnel exploration, and provides practical techniques to do so. Specifically, this paper presents an approach by which the effect of additional exploration can be assessed before actually committing to exploration, through a process of so-called virtual exploration. This is practically done with an easy-to-use software package developed in Visual Basic for Applications in Microsoft Excel, called the Decision Aids for Tunnel Exploration. Part II will describe the uncertainties that enter into the tunnel exploration decision procedure, and will provide practical techniques to asses the effects of these uncertainties on the exploration decision making.
KW - Case reports
KW - Decision making
KW - Tunnels
KW - Uncertainty principles
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U2 - 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2007)133:5(344)
DO - 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2007)133:5(344)
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34247244757
SN - 0733-9364
VL - 133
SP - 344
EP - 353
JO - Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
JF - Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
IS - 5
ER -