Machine learning techniques applied to construction: A hybrid bibliometric analysis of advances and future directions

[EN] Complex industrial problems coupled with the availability of a more robust computing infrastructure present many challenges and opportunities for machine learning (ML) in the construction industry. This paper reviews the ML techniques applied to the construction industry, mainly to identify are...

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Autores: García, Jose, Villavicencio, Gabriel, Altimiras, Francisco, Crawford, Broderick, Soto, Ricardo, Minatogawa, Vinicius, Franco, Matheus, Martínez-Muñoz, D.|||0000-0002-6906-3830, Yepes, V.|||0000-0001-5488-6001
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/190067
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/190067
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Machine learning
BERT
Construction
Concretes
Retaining walls
Tunnels
Pavements
Construction management
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Sumario:[EN] Complex industrial problems coupled with the availability of a more robust computing infrastructure present many challenges and opportunities for machine learning (ML) in the construction industry. This paper reviews the ML techniques applied to the construction industry, mainly to identify areas of application and future projection in this industry. Studies from 2015 to 2022 were analyzed to assess the latest applications of ML techniques in construction. A methodology was proposed that automatically identifies topics through the analysis of abstracts using the Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers technique to select main topics manually subsequently. Relevant categories of machine learning applications in construction were identified and analyzed, including applications in concrete technology, retaining wall design, pavement engineering, tunneling, and construction management. Multiple techniques were discussed, including various supervised, deep, and evolutionary ML algorithms. This review study provides future guidelines to researchers regarding ML applications in construction.