Research Article

Intelligent Construction Technology Adoption Driving Strategy in China: A Tripartite Evolutionary Game Analysis

Table 2

Description of major parameters.

ParametersMeaning

Social benefits to the government when only one of the owner and the general contractor proactively adopts ICT
Social benefits to the government when both the owner and the general contractor proactively adopt ICT
Social damage caused by passive government promotion and passive adoption by owners
The cost to the government when actively promoting
Subsidies (land concessions, tax concessions, etc.) received by owners who proactively adopt when the government actively promotes ICT
Subsidies (financial compensation, etc.) for the general contractor’s efforts when the government actively promotes ICT
Penalties for passive adoption of ICT by owners when actively promoted by the government
Penalties for lack of effort by general contractors when actively promoted by the government
Impairment value for owners’ proactive ICT adoption when government passively promotes it
Costs paid by owners for proactive ICT adoption
Excess cost to owners for passive ICT adoption
Costs incurred by general contractor efforts
The benefits of passive ICT adoption by owners
Benefits from the owner’s proactive adoption of ICT (including financial benefits, reputational benefits, etc.)
Fixed income for general contractors
Owner’s reward for general contractor’s efforts
Value of impairment to the owner for ICT adoption due to lack of effort by general contractor