Abstract: Robotic systems have become common in many manufacturing and production operations because they have proven to be more robust, safe, efficient, accurate, and productive than the processes they replaced. These same attributes ...

Abstract: Developers of emerging technologies, and the agencies who fund them, need an alternative to traditional cost-based risk prediction methods to help them predict how the costs of their technologies might change under future ...

Abstract: Application of partnering concepts on small construction projects by owners or government functionaries could result in substantial savings for private owners and public exchequers annually. This paper develops a concept ...

Abstract: Pontis is a bridge management system that performs a network level analysis suggesting specific bridge repair/retrofit projects for projected deterioration and budgets. However, Pontis is not a project level analysis that ...