A Survey of Graphical Simulation in Construction: Software, Usage and Application

The industrial application of graphical simulation to construction can serve a wide variety of objectives and offers many significant benefits. Its usage will continue to grow, particularly as computer hardware and software capabilities improve, as system costs decrease, and as industry standards are established. While the current level of excitement among industrial users is most enthusiastic, graphical simulation will also be fruitful to researchers who will develop advances that link advanced information systems (such as knowledge bases and databases) to simulation analyses and who will make use of graphical simulation in furthering the development of automated construction. (SD-68, p. 36)