Abstract: There are two alternatives for production organization in precast factories—namely, the comprehensive method and the specialized method. Production scheduling under the specialized alternative has been found to be a difficult ...

Abstract: Current scheduling practices in precast plants are fairly basic and depend greatly on experience. This may lead to inefficient resource utilization, over-inventory, and/or missing delivery dates. Computer assisted scheduling ...

Abstract: The present paper illustrates the feasibility of using neural network models for priority assessment of highway pavement maintenance needs. Since neural networks are developed to mimic the decision‐making process of human ...

Abstract: A knowledge‐based system for automating the calibration of the runoff model of the widely used storm water management model (SWMM) is described. The paper focuses on the key components of the knowledge‐based system: (1) ...

Abstract: Air pressure fluctuation behaviors in a high-rise building drainage system (HBDS) are presented by probability density functions and statistical analysis of measured data in the drainage stack in a real-life eighteen-floor ...

Abstract: The present paper demonstrates the applicability of genetic algorithms, as an optimization tool capable of overcoming combinatorial explosion, to the road‐maintenance planning problem at the network level. Genetic algorithms ...

Abstract: This paper analyzes the road‐maintenance planning problem at network level using a genetic‐algorithm program, PAVENET, which is a computer model developed to serve as an analytical tool for pavement maintenance engineers. ...

Abstract: Periodic rubber removal from runway pavement surface is necessary to keep an airport runway safe for aircraft operations. However, due to the complex relationship between pavement friction and aircraft skidding, there are ...

Abstract: This paper describes the development of a computer model (known as PAVENET-R) based on genetic algorithms, an optimization tool capable of overcoming combinatorial explosion, to solve the pavement maintenance-rehabilitation ...