Jurgita Antucheviciene

• PhD
• Professor at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University

The paper attempts to mitigate disputes during drafting of a construction contract by presenting a decision framework. The research questions considered are to set the main criteria involved and their relative importance in contract clauses selection and evaluate the priority of different contract clauses. In response, the paper presents an integra...

Small-scale solar panel investments have significant risks because of market fluctuations. However, traditional insurance models often lead to inadequate coverage. This situation has a negative impact on profitability of the projects. To satisfy this situation, this study evaluates the effectiveness of parametric insurance by identifying optimal fa...

Sustainable practices are essential for long-term societal development, minimizing environmental impacts while promoting the efficient use of resources. Multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) approaches can play a vital role in assessing and prioritizing sustainability solutions by considering diverse economic, social, and environmental factors. Thi...

Countries are progressively integrating green energy sources into their long-term strategies in reaction to recent adverse geopolitical and environmental changes. Along with energy generation, lowering fossil fuel usage is crucial to solving the climate crisis. These efforts focus on the high-carbon transportation industry. Despite international tr...

The lack of information and hybrid uncertainties in Supply Chain (SC) parameters affect managerial decisions. It is inevitable to consider random uncertainty based on fuzzy scenarios and cognitive uncertainty to model a Sustainable Closed-Loop SC (SCLSC) problem. Using Pentagonal Fuzzy Numbers (PFNs) has higher comprehensiveness and accuracy than t...

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More and more regions of the world are suffering due to urbanization and emerging industries. Therefore, water extraction and water management become a priority issue globally. Scientists are beginning to implement the most modern technologies and use sustainable development and sustainable construction solutions which would help solve water manage...

There are two distinct soft computing models for representing ambiguity and uncertainty: fuzzy and soft sets. A novel mathematical technique for handling uncertainties is the soft set. This set offers a parameterized viewpoint for soft computing and uncertainty modeling. Soft sets have been shown to have potential uses in a number of disciplines, i...

The selection of appropriate solution strategies to deal with the disruption in project management has become an essential topic. The evaluation of the ranking of solution strategies for dealing with disruption as a complex multi-criteria decisionmaking (MCDM) problem includes several alternatives with conflicting criteria in the implementation pha...

Supply chain management and distribution network design has a racted the a ention of many researchers in recent years. The timely satisfaction of customer demands leads to reducing costs, improving service levels, and increasing customer satisfaction. For this purpose, in this research , the mathematical programming models for a two-level distribut...

Correctly adhering to the processes within the software development life cycle (SDLC), from analysis and design to coding and testing, is vital for ensuring the successful and efficient creation of high-quality software applications. These structured phases provide a systematic approach to software development, facilitating clear communication, red...

In recent years, the world economy has experienced rapid economic change in the construction sector and record inflation. The rapidly rising prices of construction materials and machinery in the construction market are also pushing up the cost of construction services. The main problem is that construction projects have been drawn up and contracts...

Today, urban development faces complex global challenges that require new approaches to influence its practices and policies. By prioritizing sustainability, mobility, and community resilience, we are moving towards a holistic approach that protects the well-being of residents and the environment. In this dynamic urban design environment, finding w...

Urban worn-out textures, due to their ancient and historically valuable physical structures, exhibit low adaptability to urban developments and advancements. Tehran, as a city with a rich historical background, also boasts considerable worn-out textures. Due to economic, geographical, and political conditions, a large population resides in these te...

Due to the high pollution of the transportation sector, nowadays the role of electric vehicles has been noticed more and more by governments, organizations, and environmentally friendly people. On the other hand, the problem of electric vehicle routing (EVRP) has been widely studied in recent years. This paper deals with an extended version of EVRP...

Selecting the right educational vendors in the Metaverse, particularly those utilizing extended reality (XR), is crucial for creating an engaging and immersive learning environment. Careful vendor selection ensures the delivery of high-quality XR educational content, considering factors such as seamless integration with different XR devices and add...

The aim of this study is to develop new and efficient theories for handling complex and unreliable data in real-world scenarios. The proposed approach integrates two distinct theories: the Bipolar Complex Fuzzy Set (BCFS) and the Soft Set (SS), resulting in a novel and superior method compared to existing solutions. Furthermore, the value of big da...

The aim of this study was to develop a multi-objective mathematical programming model for the trade-off of time, cost, and quality in the project-scheduling problem (PSP) by taking priorities and resource constraints as well as activity preemption into account. First, a small-sized problem instance that was a sub-project of an oil and gas construct...

Three-dimensional printers (3DPs), as critical parts of additive manufacturing (AM), are state-of-the-art technologies that can help practitioners with digital transformation in production processes. Three-dimensional printer performance mostly depends on good integration with artificial intelligence (AI) to outperform humans in overcoming complex...

The present research has evaluated the spatial distribution and functional radius of land uses in the central district of Tehran city using objective and subjective methods. The findings showed; Land uses have a directional pattern with random distribution and a cluster. The functional radius also indicates a lack of desirable access for residents...

Choosing the pricing of a construction project and the type of construction contract from the perspective of customers is a responsible and complex process. The success of a construction project depends on the correct decisions taken in the preparation of tender documents. This process is complex, and the most mistakes are made in this phase. Dispu...

Construction uses different innovative solutions and advanced technologies to increase effectiveness, safety assessment, site preparation, logistic, save resources, reduce waste and reworks. One of the ways to find the best solution is introducing specific problem-based evaluation criteria and applying complex multi-criteria evaluation systems. The...

The aim of the study is to offer a new sustainable method for production and installation of masonry facade. The paper presents a case study of facade reconstruction and aims to evaluate three masonry facade alternatives according to multiple criteria, focusing on saving resources and limiting waste. Building Information Model was prepared for prec...

The selection and prioritization of appropriate actions to improve the performance of the railway sector pose a common challenge for policymakers and transport planners. This challenge is further complicated by factors such as political power shifts, policy changes, and socio-economic and environmental impacts, introducing various uncertainties. To...

One of the most important goals of urban management is to provide comfort and well-being for all citizens. According to the population trend of the world, a massive segment of the future population will be the elderly. Therefore, it is crucial to pay attention to the needs of this segment of society. In this regard, the concept of an age-friendly c...

Nowadays, the design of supply chain networks should be based on environmental issues as well as the needs of customers since the main driver of a supply chain network is customers. Continuous innovation of products requires understanding the features that are most important to customers, and product pricing should be carried out in a way that incl...

Contractor selection is a crucial aspect of construction projects, with a significant impact on project success. However, traditional methods may not effectively handle the complexities and uncertainties involved in decision-making. To address this, advanced techniques like Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) have been developed. In this study, w...

Many factors affect the competitiveness of cities. One of the most important of these factors is the environmental dimension, which can affect and be influenced by economic and socio-cultural aspects of urban competitiveness. The present study assesses the environmental competitiveness of cities with populations of more than 500,000 in Iran. Our re...

This research aims to promote a new cost-saving method for rebuilding old masonry brickwork façade by installing a suspended brickwork system. This research introduces a case study for rebuilding masonry façade by applying MCDM (multiple-criteria decision making) and BIM (building information modeling) methodologies with the evaluation of three typ...

Modern technologies have changed human life and created a generation of customers who have different needs compared to the past. Considering Industry 4.0 and its drivers, the implementation of digital banking (DB) has faced various challenges that are caused by emerging trends. Both Industry 4.0 and DB are contemporary concepts, and decision-makers...

The purpose of this study is to identify and prioritize green marketing strategies in the food industry by taking sustainability goals into consideration since it is very difficult to prioritize and select green marketing strategies when considering sustainability criteria in their implementation. Therefore, it is necessary to use an appropriate so...

To reduce greenhouse gas emissions, conserve the environment, and reduce dependency on fossil fuels, the transition from fossil energy to renewable energy is deemed essential. Several companies around the globe, especially big conglomerates, were pioneers in the use of renewable energy. For sustainable growth, Pakistani businesses are growing incre...

The cost and determination of construction projects are key issues for both customer and contractor when entering into a construction contract. For customers, calculation and evaluation of the cost of construction projects is complicated by the problem of underpricing, which may lead to the failure of contractors submitting a bid for a project, and...

The aim of this study is to identify practices that would enable building construction companies to adopt agile project management methodologies during the design stage of projects that use build-ing information modelling (BIM) solutions for the designing process. Due to the benefits of agile project management methodologies, a considerable amount...

The main aim of this research is to offer a new modern method of masonry façade installation, but before practical implementation, it is necessary to compare it with traditional methods of installation and make detailed analysis. The authors present the detailed analysis of three alternative methods of masonry façade installation: installation of s...

To reduce the uncertainty and ambiguity of construction contracts and to achieve the best possible project implementation result in the field of construc-tion project management for the customer, contractor, and engineer, the selec-tion of the most appropriate combination of standard construction contract model and contract purchase pricing could b...

Due to today's competitive environment and information boom, companies are concerned about production planning in uncertain conditions. This paper integrates decision-making method with production scheduling model by considering limited resources. In this paper, a new mathematical model is extended for production project scheduling with multiple ex...

Choosing a proper construction project is a vital subject for entrepreneurs to reduce their costs. In real cases, vagueness and uncertain data drive decisions based on uncertainty. The intui-tionistic fuzzy sets (IFSs) theory could assist decision-makers (DMs) in inscribing inadequate knowledge. Nevertheless, this paper provides a new integrated de...

Organizations will be increasingly concerned about maintaining their positions in today’s changing world, the high-tech era, and the emergence of innovative technologies because of the industrial revolutions. Everyone has come to believe that to survive and continue their constructive roles, they must achieve competitive advantages by working based...

Evaluation based on distance from average solution (EDAS), developed in 2015, is one of the well-known and frequently utilized methods which is applied for different types of decision making problems. The output of EDAS is a ranking order of alternatives based on their aggregated distance scores. In this regard, the literature lacks a comprehensive...

Studies related to transportation planning and development have been in the center of activities of many researchers in the past decades. Road congestions issues, economic problems, health problems and environmental problems are some examples of complex problems that can be caused by urban and public transportation in big cities. Evaluating urban a...

Today, most of the issues and challenges faced by managers and decision makers are complex and multifaceted. More clearly, due to the developments of technologies, emerging trends in various industries, competitive markets, and rapid and transformative changes in the business environment, managers and decision makers have faced an uncertain environ...

The construction supply chain network has been facing challenges in relation to reducing cost and delivery time, increasing the quality of the built assets, and reducing environmental pollution. These issues have caused contractors and project managers in this industry to note the concept of green construction supply chain management (GCSCM). This...

In recent years, concerns regarding issues such as climate change, greenhouse gas emissions , fossil reserve dependency, and petroleum price fluctuation have led countries to focus on renewable energies. Meanwhile, in developing countries, designing an appropriate biofuel supply chain network regarding environmental competencies is an important pro...

One of the essential factors of project success is selecting the proper delivery method. This study aimed to provide a new hybrid decision-making framework to assist project stakeholders in evaluating and selecting the most appropriate Project Delivery System (PDS) and documenting the decision process. For this purpose, the selection factors of PDS...

Bridge management includes all actions in the life cycle of the bridge, to ensure its safety, stability, and functionality. Numerous problems have been identified that are primarily related to the organization of planning and the role of decision-making in the reconstruction of the historic pedestrian bridges. The planning process for the reconstru...

Logistics systems constitute the backbone of international trade. For developing countries, establishment of sustainable logistics systems reduces costs, and makes supply chains strong to become able to compete. Without setting indicators for sustainable logistics, it is not possible to understand what policies are necessary for success. Logistics...

The process of production, consumption, and final disposal of electrical and electronic equipment usually leads to harmful waste to the environment called e-waste. Eliminating and decreasing this type of waste could be considered as an essential goal for many enterprises working toward sustainable management systems. In this paper, we aim at introd...

International laws and increasing consumer awareness have led to drastic changes in traditional supply chain network designs. Moreover, because of environmental and social requirements , traditional supply chain networks have changed to sustainable supply chain networks. On the other hand, reverse logistics can be effective in terms of environmenta...

Numerous constraints affect construction projects, and lack of management may lead to schedule deviation. In the execution phase of the project, due to the lack of timely access to the required resources and the existence of uncertainty, the project activities do not progress following the schedule, and as a result, schedule deviation occurs. The s...

This paper aims to put forward an integrated decision approach, with generalized fuzzy information for the viable selection of zero- and low-carbon materials for construction. In countries such as India, the construction sector accounts for high pollution levels and high carbon emissions. To restore sustainability and eco-friendliness, the adoption...

As a generalization of the Fermatean fuzzy set, the theory of interval-valued Fermatean fuzzy set (IVFFS) is a more robust and reliable tool to address the imprecise and incomplete information in the process of multi-criteria decision making (MCDM), thus can be employed on wider range of applications. The aim of this study is to purpose a novel dec...

Conflict in human relations is unavoidable; therefore, it can occur in construction projects that are full of many human relationships. These conflicts can lead to claims if interlocutors do not agree. The main result of the claims is the delay and overrun of costs in construction projects. Additionally , poor management of claims affects the succe...

VIKOR is a well-defined multiple criteria decision-making (MCDM) method since it reflects different risk attitudes of decision-makers by measuring the overall performance of an alternative under all criteria as “group value” and the worst performance of the alternative under all criteria as “individual regret”, but it cannot deal with MCDM problems...

The selection of proper healthcare device suppliers in sustainable organ transplantation networks has become an essential topic of increasing life expectancy. Assessment of sustainable healthcare device suppliers can be regarded as a complex multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) problem that consists of multiple alternative solutions with sustainab...

Infrastructure projects (IPs) face numerous challenges to reach the predefined aims over their life-cycle. There are many difficulties in projects because of the variety of elements in project’s tendency and the dependency of the project on mainly national factors. Due to these difficulties and their practices, the projects meet with uncertainty. I...

Laser cutting parameters synergistically affect, although in different quantitative and qualitative manners, multiple process performances, such as the resulting cut quality characteristics, material removal rate, cutting time, and costs, and the determination of the most appropriate laser cutting conditions for a given application is of prime impo...

This study aims to rank indicators affecting site selection of vehicle shredding facilities using an interval type-2 fuzzy sets based Delphi approach. The introduced methodology consists of four consecutive stages as follows: indicator identification, questionnaire (survey), decision-making analysis, and statistical analysis and indicator classific...

The journal Buildings was launched in 2011 and is dedicated to promoting advancements in building science, building engineering and architecture. Motivated by its 10th anniversary in 2021, this study aims to develop a bibliometric analysis of the publications of the journal between April 2011 and October 2021. This work analyzes bibliometric perfor...

We would like to present a brief overview of the development of the Journal of Civil Engineering and Management (JCEM) due to two important facts that happened in 2021: (1) Looking from its origins, the Journal of Civil Engineering and Management has reached an important milestone this year, its 55th anniversary. (2) Considering a new stage in t...

This Book is a Printed Edition of the Special Issue which covers sustainability as an emerging requirement in the fields of construction management, project management and engineering. We invited authors to submit their theoretical or experimental research articles that address the challenges and opportunities for sustainable construction in all it...

Time, cost, and quality have been known as the project iron triangles and substantial factors in construction projects. Several studies have been conducted on time-cost-quality trade-off problems so far, however, none of them has considered the time value of money. In this paper, a multi-objective mathematical programming model is developed for tim...

Bridge management includes all actions in the life cycle of bridge, in order to insure its safety, stability and functionality. Numerous problems have been identified that are primarily related to the organization of planning and the role of decision-making in reconstruction planning of the historic pedestrian bridges. The planning process of recon...

Citation: Zavadskas, E.K.; Antucheviciene, J.; Hosseini, M.R.; Martek, I. Sustainable Construction Engineering and Management. Sustainability 2021, 13, 13028. Abstract: The Special Issue covers sustainability as an emerging requirement in the fields of construction management, project management and engineering. We invited authors to submit their...

The recent advances in sustainable supply chain management are integrated with Industry 4.0 concepts. This study develops a new integrated model to consider the sustainability and Industry 4.0 criteria for the supplier selection management. The proposed approach consists of the fuzzy best worst method (FBWM) and the two-stage fuzzy inference system...

Currently, construction projects have a significant share in environmental pollution. Usually , the employers and managers of construction projects pay attention to the project implementation with the shortest duration and the lowest cost, whereas less attention is paid to the environmental effects of the implementation of projects. Sustainable dev...

The increasing number of construction projects together with the limited resources of organizations led to tough competition for achieving project goals. Time, cost, and quality have been known as the project iron triangle. Project managers attempt to allocate the appropriate resources and make the best decisions for accomplishing projects with the...

This book is a Printed Edition of the Special Issue which covers research on symmetric and asymmetric data that occur in real-life problems. We invited authors to submit their theoretical or experimental research to present engineering and economic problem solution models that deal with symmetry or asymmetry of different data types. The Special Iss...

A variety of fuzzy multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) models have been proposed to solve complicated decision-making problems. Many applications have been achieved, especially in the field of civil engineering. To analyze the developments about the fuzzy MCDM methods and their applications in civil engineering in recent years and further expl...

Assessing the performance of the Research and development (R&D) organizations to achieve higher productivity, growth, and development is always a critical necessity. Therefore, developing a more accurate model to evaluate the performance is always required. For this purpose, this study is aimed at developing a decision-making model for evaluating R...

Citation: Naghizadeh Vardin, A.; Ansari, R.; Khalilzadeh, M.; Antucheviciene, J.; Bausys, R. An Integrated Decision Support Model Based on BWM and Fuzzy-VIKOR Techniques for Contractor Selection in Construction Projects. Sustainability 2021, 13, 6933. Abstract: Sustainable development of any country to some extent depends on successful accomplishme...

This Special Issue covers symmetric and asymmetric data that occur in real-life problems. We invited authors to submit their theoretical or experimental research to present engineering and economic problem solution models that deal with symmetry or asymmetry of different data types. The Special Issue gained interest in the research community and re...

Stakeholders are increasingly aware of the aspect of sustainability, and the fact that the circular economy facilitates the achievement of sustainable development goals. They place pressure on supply chains to become sustainable, and for this reason, third-party logistics (3PL) service providers, as specialized professionals, play a vital role in s...

Construction is a complex activity, characterized by high levels of capital investment, relatively long delivery durations, multitudinous risks and uncertainties, as well as requiring the integration of multiple skills delivering a huge volume of tasks and processes. All of these must be coordinated carefully if time, cost, and quality constraints...

This paper presents a new optimization model and a new interval type-2 fuzzy solution approach for project portfolio selection and scheduling (PPSS) problem, in which split of projects and re-execution are allowable. Afterward, the approach is realized as a multi-objective optimization that maximizes total benefits of projects concerning economic c...

The best-worst method (BWM) is one of the most important methods for determining the weights of criteria or options in multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) and has attracted the attention of many researchers due to its advantages such as fewer numbers of comparisons and higher consistency rate. Given that real-world decision making is often associ...

The weights of criteria in multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) problems are essential elements that can significantly affect the results. Accordingly, researchers developed and presented several methods to determine criteria weights. Weighting methods could be objective, subjective, and integrated. This study introduces a new method, called MEREC...

The article analyses implementation of BIM-M (Building Information Modeling for Masonry) into the BIM (Building Information Modeling) project to ensure the preparation of the masonry project. The BIM-M model consists of a masonry database, a masonry unit model, a masonry unit database model, and masonry unit model definition and BIM masonry wall de...

Credit risk evaluation is always the most important factor in determining Customers' credit status in financial institutions. Multi-Attribute Decision-Making (MADM) methods have been widely used in this field. But most of the studies neglect the undeniable impact of time and changes of the credit assessment criteria, their importance and evaluation...

Inventory classification is a fundamental issue in the development of inventory policy that assigns each inventory item to several classes with different levels of importance. This classification is the main determinant of a suitable inventory control policy of inventory classes. Therefore, a great deal of research is done on solving this problem....

Within the context of resource constraints and ecological environment imbalance, the adoption of green suppliers can help construction enterprises achieve sustainable development and improve their competitiveness. The selection of sustainable construction suppliers is a multi-criteria decision-making problem since multiple factors should be conside...

Appraising the alternative among a set versus conflicting factors is taken into account as an essential issue in real-world decision problems. In this paper, a new multicriteria group decision-making (MCGDM) model is introduced with a fuzzy relative preference relation (FRPR) concept and additive ratio assessment (ARAS) method. FRPR is a useful way...

The development of science and technology parks (STPs) has become a trendy tool for promoting the economy, innovation, and technology for more than 30 years worldwide. However, STPs poses challenges for urban planners seeking a vision of sustainable urban development. These places become an object of attraction for many highly skilled workers who c...

Resource-constrained project scheduling problem (RCPSP) has been one of the most important topics in project scheduling in recent decades. RCPSP, due to the strategic importance of the projects and internal and external pressures for timely completion, is a very challenging task. When executing a project, controlling and monitoring it also becomes...

One of the major issues of the construction industry has been the "reworks" that affect the time, quality, and cost of projects. Therefore, reworks and the ineffective use of site resources and materials will always result in significant losses on projects. The development of information technology has led to the widespread use of Building Informat...

The cost, time and scope of a construction project are key parameters for its success. Thus, predicting these indices is indispensable. Correct and accurate prediction of cost throughout the progress of a project gives project managers the chance to identify projects that need revision in their schedules in order to result in the maximum benefit. T...

Green supplier selection problem (GSSP) is viewed as multiple attributes group decision-making (MAGDM) issue that includes the green growth and influential factors within subjective and objective natures. Because of the expanding uncertain conditions of social and economic environments, some assessment factors are not sufficiently described by nume...

Symmetry is an international journal in the research fields of physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, computer science, theory and methods, and other scientific disciplines and engineering. The first paper was published in 2009. Here, we make a bibliometric analysis of publications in Symmetry from 2009 to 2019. According to Web of Science (WoS)...

Green supplier selection problem (GSSP) is viewed as multiple attributes group decision-making (MAGDM) issue that includes the green growth and influential factors within subjective and objective natures. Because of the expanding uncertain conditions of social and economic environments, some assessment factors are not sufficiently described by nume...

An increasing number of recent discussions have focused on the need for designing transport systems in consonance with the importance of the environment, thus promoting investment in the growth of non-motorized transport infrastructure. Under such conditions, the demand for implementing the most effective infrastructure measures has a profoundly po...

A sustainable manufacturing company depends on the developments in three aspects in order to minimize harmful impacts on the environment, improve the social relations, and simultaneously maximize the economic benefits. Despite the increasing types of investigations that researchers have carried out in environmental and economic aspects, the minimum...

Residential whole-decoration is an important initiative for housing industrialization in China. Selecting the most suitable component supplier for housing development is of great significance for both property developers and buyers in the implementation of such a strategy. To address such a problem, this study uses hesitant fuzzy linguistic term se...