Guest editorial

摘要

Infrastructure facilities (e.g. roads, railways, schools, hospitals) play a critical role in determining the economic viability and social welfare of every nation. Hence, delivering and managing modern infrastructure systems represents an essential task for many government agencies. Besides the aging of the infrastructure stock in advanced industrialized countries the complexity and underlying dynamics associated with decision making have become more arduous, particularly as projects have become increasing susceptible to cost and schedule overruns.