TY - CONF TI - Using Controlled Experiments to Calibrate Computer Models: The Airplane Game as a Lean Simulation Exercise C1 - Manchester, UK C3 - 16th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction SP - 309 EP - 319 PY - 2008 AU - Rybkowski, Zofia K. AU - Wong, John-Michael AU - Ballard, Glenn AU - Tommelein, Iris D. AD - PhD Candidate, Engineering and Project Management Program, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 215-A McLaughlin Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-1712, Phone +1 510/684-5729, cezkr@berkeley.edu AD - PhD Candidate, Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials Program, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 760 Davis Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720- 1710, Phone +1 510/910-3716, jmwong@ce.berkeley.edu AD - Research Director, Project Production Systems Laboratory, http://p2sl.berkeley.edu/, and Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 215-A McLaughlin Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-1712, Phone +1 415/710-5531, ballard@ce.berkeley.edu AD - Director, Project Production Systems Laboratory, http://p2sl.berkeley.edu/, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 215-A McLaughlin Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-1712, Phone +1 510/643-8678, FAX +1 510/643-8919, tommelein@ce.berkeley.edu ED - Tzortzopoulos, Patricia ED - Kagioglou, Mike AB - Simulation games may be used to introduce lean principles to those who are considering implementing them. However, they can also function as controlled experiments against which to calibrate a computer model and they can even be adapted to serve as the gold standard of scientific experimentation, the randomizedcontrolled trial. Results generated from a live playing of the Airplane Game validate an EZStrobe computer-based simulation model representing one part of the game. Close alignment of results suggests that the computer model will likely be able to accurately predict outcomes from similarly structured, real life activities, such as those encountered in a design office or on a construction site. KW - lean KW - Airplane Game KW - discrete-event simulation KW - controlled experiment KW - randomized controlled trial KW - EZStrobe PB - T2 - 16th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction DA - 2008/07/16 CY - Manchester, UK L1 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/606/pdf L2 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/606 N1 - Export Date: 19 April 2024 DB - IGLC.net DP - IGLC LA - English ER -