SCaRC: Space-Constrained Resource-Constrained Scheduling System

Abstract

Current intelligent scheduling systems do not address the effect of limited work space on the generation of schedules. This paper describes SCaRC—Space-Constrained and Resource-Constrained knowledge-based system—for scheduling repetitive floors in multistory projects. The prototype system incorporates space-based scheduling techniques to recognize the space requirements of activities as a scheduling constraint. The space-based techniques are integrated with resource-based techniques for the production of schedules. The system also incorporates procedures to define and verify construction logic constraints associated with linear scheduling of vertical construction. An example illustrating the scheduling techniques implemented in SCaRC is presented.