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Intelligent multimedia for expertise‐intensive training in construction

Qiping Shen (Associate Professors in the Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong)
Heng Li (Associate Professors in the Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong)
Zhongming Deng (Assistant Professor in the Department of Building and Construction, The City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong)

Logistics Information Management

ISSN: 0957-6053

Article publication date: 1 December 2001

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Abstract

Knowledge‐based systems (KBS) and multimedia technology (MMT) have been widely used in many industries for years to solve complicated problems. The integration of KBS and MMT, which leads to intelligent multimedia, provides a powerful tool for expertise‐intensive training. Although many tasks in construction demand extensive expertise and years of experience, the use of intelligent multimedia for training on these tasks has, however, hardly been documented in the literature. Aims to demonstrate the feasibility and potential benefits of using intelligent multimedia for expertise‐intensive training in construction. By referring to a case study in strategic cost estimate for building projects, illustrates the facilities that can be offered by the integrated systems. Since strategic cost estimate for a building project at early design stages is an extremely complex task, trainees have to go through a long period of learning before they can be competent in conducting such tasks. Introduces an intelligent multimedia system as a solution to the above problem. Reveals that intelligent multimedia can be deployed to meet the challenges of accurately representing the highly complex expertise in the knowledge base, and facilitating the learning process of the trainees through the highly interactive and non‐linear access to the explicit and transparent expertise.

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Shen, Q., Li, H. and Deng, Z. (2001), "Intelligent multimedia for expertise‐intensive training in construction", Logistics Information Management, Vol. 14 No. 5/6, pp. 386-393. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000006250

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