title: Forecasting of construction and demolition waste in Brazil.
abstract: The objective of this article is to develop a computerised tool (software) that facilitates the analysis of strategies for waste management on construction sites through the use of indicators of construction and demolition waste generation. The development involved the following steps: knowledge acquisition, structuring the system, coding and system evaluation. The step of knowledge acquisition aims to provide subsidies for the representation of them through models. In the step of structuring the system, it was presented the structuring and formalisation of knowledge for the development of the system, and has two stages: the construction of the conceptual model and the subsequent instantiation of the model. The coding system aims to implement (code) the conceptual model developed in a model played by computer (digital). The results showed that the system is very useful and applicable in construction sites, helping to improve the quality of waste management, and creating a database that will support new research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil Engineering, Pernambuco State University, Recife, Brazil dhfp_pec@poli.br.
authors.forename: Diogo Hf
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Paz
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil Engineering, Pernambuco State University, Recife, Brazil.
authors.forename: Kalinny Pv
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Lafayette
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D005544:Forecasting; D018505:Waste Management; D014866:Waste Products
chemical_list: D014866:Waste Products
keywords: Construction and demolition waste; decision support system; indicators; management; model; software