Civil Engineering and Symmetry
This special issue belongs to the section "A: Computer Science".
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The topic of utmost importance in civil engineering is optimal solutions throughout the life cycle of the buildings, roads, bridges and other infrastructure objects. Operational research, management science, optimization methods provide a consistent and applicable groundwork for engineering decision making. Traditionally, decision makers need to take into account not a single criterion, but several different criteria, therefore multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) approaches are usually applied. MCDM methods cover two branches: multi objective decision making (MODM) techniques and multi attribute decision making (MADM) approaches. Articles are welcome on this issue, where solutions in civil engineering that bring economic, social and environmental benefits are offered through a variety of methodologies and tools (e.g., information technologies, optimization methods, operational research and management science, multi-criteria decision-making methods).
Prof. Dr. Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas
Prof. Dr. Romualdas Bausys
Prof. Dr. Jurgita Antuchevičienė
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Design in civil engineering
- Buildings, materials and structures
- Infrastructure objects
- Roads and bridges
- Maintenance technologies
- Operational research and management science
- Information technologies
- Optimization methods
- Multiple criteria decision making
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Published Papers
Symmetry - ISSN 2073-8994