@article{Ourdev2008, 
author = {I. Ourdev and H. Xie and S. AbouRizk},
title = {An Intelligent Agent Approach to Adaptive Project Management},
year = {2008},
journal = {Tsinghua Science and Technology},
volume = {13},
number = {S1},
pages = {121-125},
keywords = {uncertainty, discrete event simulation, intelligent agents, adaptive project management, belief-desire-intention (BDI), high-level architecture (HLA), excavation project, Bayesian modelling},
url = {https://www.sciopen.com/article/10.1016/S1007-0214(08)70137-8},
doi = {10.1016/S1007-0214(08)70137-8},
abstract = {This paper presents the initial steps to integrating a distributed discrete event simulation system with a framework for intelligent software agents. The resulting system has a simulation component that is based on the high-level architecture (HLA) and an agent component that implements the belief-desire-intention (BDI) approach to agent modelling. The architecture is connected to a real-time information source. The framework was successfully applied to a real-life monitoring system for a tunnel-boring machine excavation project that helped with forecasting and managing the project timelines in response to the changes in the uncertain excavation environment. This project is presented as a test case and demonstrates encouraging results for integrative modelling of large-scale problems with elements of uncertainty.}
}