Decision support systems in construction: A bibliometric analysis

Abstract

With the development of information technologies, they have been penetrating into a variety of construction activities, thus changing them. One such innovation that is changing the construction field is Decision Support Systems (DSS) that automate a decision-making process in various construction activities, making them more efficient. Therefore, it is important to know and understand the development of the DSS in the construction field to uncover emerging trends and explore the intellectual structure of the analysed field in the published papers. Consequently, this paper presents the results of the bibliometric analysis of papers from the Web of Science database and a keyword map of the DSS application in the construction field. Moreover, the countries collaboration map is presented in order to reveal the development of international cooperation in the DSS application in the construction field. The results obtained in this research will help scientists and practitioners to familiarize themselves with the found trends in the intellectual structure of the DSS application in the construction field, and to choose further directions for developing DSS in the construction field.