International Journal of Construction Engineering and Planning
Conceptual Approach to the Tehran-North Freeway Project from the Perspective of Miller’s Living Systems
1PhD Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
2Student, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Having a systematic approach will greatly help stakeholders to know more about the
communications, needs, and processes of the project. The approach to living systems that have been
expressed by Miller, however, is derived from the field of biology, but due to its dynamic nature, it is
also applicable to other fields of science. In this study, we tried to investigate the Tehran-North
freeway, an Iranian project from the standpoint of living systems. For this purpose, after describing
Miller's approach, a brief description of the mentioned project will be presented in order to model the
project flow from two perspectives material/energy and information using living systems. According
to the modeling, a good similarity between the living systems and the structure of the project could be
observed.
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