The Sustainable Management of Civil Infrastructure: A Methodology and Testbed to Bridge Information Technology and Application

民用基础设施的可持续管理：连接信息技术和应用的方法论和测试平台

• 批准号: 9422730
• 负责人: Stephen C-Y. Lu
• 金额: $ 42.28万
• 依托单位: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-10-01 至 1995-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9422730&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Sustainable; Management; Civil; Infrastructure; Methodology

9422730 Lu This award is made in support of the NSF initiative ENG-CISE-IITA94, National Challenges. It is a joint initiative between the Engineering Directorate and the Computer Information and Engineering Directorate. Civil infrastructure systems are large, complex, heterogeneous, distributed, dynamic systems that affect, and are affected by, technological, environmental, social, political, and economic factors. Examples include communication systems, roads, bridges, and the distribution of water, gas and electricity. The life cycle of such systems includes design, construction, operation, maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, and disposal. Throughout these phases, coordination among distributed, diverse groups of experts is required to yield efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable practices and outcomes. To meet these challenges, successful information technology applications must address issues that are both technical (the design and implementation of information technology) and social (involving consideration of human problem solving, work practices, communication, and organizational structures). The solution addressed here is the Team Engineering Analysis and Modeling methodology for design and application of information technology in organizations, and the integration and extension of previous work in information infrastructure; including the System Workbench for Integrating and Facilitating Teams (SWIFT), Agent Collaboration Environment (ACE), and engineering management systems developed by the U. S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL). This army laboratory has developed ACE and a suite of software applications related to the design and management of civil infrastructure in a military context. These existing software systems provide a significant base for the development of the propoqed information infrastructure technology. The team engineering methodology focuses on the modeling of activity and communication within human teams, in the context of avail able media, technology, and organizational structures; and the evolving interrelationships between technological possibilities and communicative and work practices. This project applies this methodology to the specific case of the sustainable management of the gas pipeline and road systems of Fort Gordon, Georgia, which is designated by the Army as a "Model Installation" for the 21st century and is thus committed to the use of advanced information technology. This "controlled" environment provides an outstanding opportunity to conduct experiments in the application of information technology to the problems of the sustainable management of civil infrastructure. The objective of this project is to support the sustainable management of civil infrastructure via (1) a methodology for team engineering -- both the study of work practices, problem solving, coordination, and use of technology in an organization, and the deployment and management of new technological infrastructure; (2) the integration and further development of advanced information technology to support team decision making and information sharing; and (3) the application and demonstration of this deployment methodology and information technology to the civil infrastructure system at Fort Gordon, Georgia. This project contributes to (1) fundamental knowledge of human coordination and interaction with technology in complex systems, (2) a paradigm of information infrastructure design and deployment applicable to other large-scale complex systems, and (3) the practical application of this methodology and technology to an issue of National importance, namely the sustainable management of civil infrastructure.

9422730 Lu该奖项是为了支持NSF倡议ENG-CISE-IITA 94，国家挑战。 这是工程局与计算机信息和工程局之间的一项联合举措。 民用基础设施系统是大型、复杂、异构、分布式、动态的系统，它们影响技术、环境、社会、政治和经济因素，并受这些因素的影响。例子包括通信系统、道路、桥梁以及水、气和电的分配。 这些系统的生命周期包括设计、建造、运行、维护、修理、修复和处置。 在这些阶段中，需要在分散的、不同的专家组之间进行协调，以产生高效、具有成本效益和可持续的实践和成果。为了应对这些挑战，成功的信息技术应用程序必须解决技术（信息技术的设计和实施）和社会（包括考虑人类解决问题，工作实践，沟通和组织结构）的问题。 本文提出的解决方案是团队工程分析和建模方法，用于组织中信息技术的设计和应用，以及对以前信息基础设施工作的集成和扩展，包括美国开发的用于集成和促进团队的系统框架（SWIFT）、代理协作环境（ACE）和工程管理系统。S.陆军建筑工程研究实验室（CERL）。 该陆军实验室开发了ACE和一套与军事背景下民用基础设施的设计和管理有关的软件应用程序。 这些现有的软件系统为信息基础设施技术的发展提供了重要的基础。 团队工程方法论的重点是在可用媒体、技术和组织结构的背景下，对人类团队中的活动和沟通进行建模;以及技术可能性与沟通和工作实践之间不断发展的相互关系。 该项目将这种方法应用于格鲁吉亚戈登堡天然气管道和道路系统的可持续管理的具体案例，该案例被陆军指定为21世纪世纪的“模范设施”，因此致力于使用先进的信息技术。 这种“受控”环境提供了一个极好的机会，可以进行试验，将信息技术应用于民用基础设施的可持续管理问题。 该项目的目标是通过（1）团队工程的方法支持民用基础设施的可持续管理-研究工作实践、解决问题、协调和在组织中使用技术，以及部署和管理新的技术基础设施;（2）整合和进一步发展先进的资讯科技，以支援团队决策和资讯分享;以及（3）在格鲁吉亚的Fort Gordon的民用基础设施系统中应用和演示这种部署方法和信息技术。 该项目有助于（1）人类与复杂系统中的技术协调和互动的基本知识，（2）适用于其他大型复杂系统的信息基础设施设计和部署的范例，以及（3）将这种方法和技术实际应用于国家重要问题，即民用基础设施的可持续管理。