Article: New findings from Purdue University in the area of civil engineering described.

"Current state-of-the-art tools allow for the accurate modeling of complex construction operations using discrete-event simulation and their realistic postprocessed three-dimensional animation. Due to the postprocessed nature of these animations it is not possible to interact with them so as to affect the remaining course of actions," scientists in the United States report.

"The next logical step in the evolution of simulation modeling and visualization in construction is for simulations and animations to run concurrently and in a manner that allows interaction with the animation to affect the course events in the simulation. This effectively enables the creation ...

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