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Influence of Artificial Intelligence in Civil Engineering toward Sustainable Development—A Systematic Literature Review

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Manzoor, Bilal, Othman, Idris, Durdyev, Serdar, Ismail, Syuhaida, Wahab, Mohammad·2021·Applied System Innovation

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The widespread use of artificial intelligence (AI) in civil engineering has provided civil engineers with various benefits and opportunities, including a rich data collection, sustainable assessment, and productivity. The trend of construction is diverted toward sustainability with the aid of digital technologies. In this regard, this paper presents a systematic literature review (SLR) in order to explore the influence of AI in civil engineering toward sustainable development. In addition, SLR was carried out by using academic publications from Scopus (i.e., 3478 publications). Furthermore, screening is carried out, and eventually, 105 research publications in the field of AI were selected. Keywords were searched through Boolean operation “Artificial Intelligence” OR “Machine intelligence” OR “Machine Learning” OR “Computational intelligence” OR “Computer vision” OR “Expert systems” OR “Neural networks” AND “Civil Engineering” OR “Construction Engineering” OR “Sustainable Development” OR “Sustainability”. According to the findings, it was revealed that the trend of publications received its high intention of researchers in 2020, the most important contribution of publications on AI toward sustainability by the Automation in Construction, the United States has the major influence among all the other countries, the main features of civil engineering toward sustainability are interconnectivity, functionality, unpredictability, and individuality. This research adds to the body of knowledge in civil engineering by visualizing and comprehending trends and patterns, as well as defining major research goals, journals, and countries. In addition, a theoretical framework has been proposed in light of the results for prospective researchers and scholars.

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Authors
Manzoor, B., Othman, I., Durdyev, S., Ismail, S., & Wahab, M.
Affiliations
  • Universiti Teknologi Petronas (MY)
  • Ara Institute of Canterbury (NZ)
  • University of Technology Malaysia (MY)
Corresponding author
Durdyev, Serdar
Venue
Applied System Innovation
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2021-08-06
Volume
4
Issue
3
Pages
52
ISSN
2571-5577 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3190382256
Cited by
118
References
142
Citations by year
2026: 24 · 2025: 30 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 7
FWCI
1.48
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Applied System Innovation (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Building and Construction › BIM and Construction Integration
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Civil and Structural Engineering › Civil and Structural Engineering Research
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Civil and Structural Engineering › Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring
Keywords
artificial intelligence in civil engineering, sustainable development, sustainable construction, construction automation, machine learning, computer vision, expert systems, artificial neural networks, research trends, digital technologies in construction

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