MultiAgent System for Project Selection Case of Urban Infrastructure City of Houston

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Multi-Agent System for Project SelectionCase of
Urban Infrastructure - City of Houston
Class Project
By Wafa Elgarah Dr. Dan C. Marinescu CPA 5937
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Motivation

• Houston, we have problem!!
• Project selection is a complex process
• Not an integrated streamlined process
• Highly political process
• Large number of stakeholders
• There is a need for
• An intelligent and integrated system to help in
  the project selection process

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Background

• Preliminary analysis 100 interviews
• Logical models of the process - UML
• Agent-based DSS has NOT yet been explored

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Proposed Conceptual Design
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Objective

• Build an agent to help in project selection
• Based on project specification
• Set of criteria budget, time, need constraints
• Stakeholders votes

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Agent Structure
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