Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering: Recent submissions
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Model Development and Validation for Intelligent Data Collection for Lateral Spread Displacements
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)The geotechnical earthquake engineering community often adopts empirically derived models. Unfortunately, the community has not embraced the value of model validation, leaving practitioners with little information on the ... -
Innovative ANN Technique for Predicting Failure/Cracking Load of Masonry Wall Panel under Lateral Load
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)This paper introduces an artificial intelligent technique for predicting the failure/cracking loads of laterally loaded masonry wall panels based on their corresponding failure/cracking patterns derived from the laboratory ... -
Artificial Intelligence Techniques as Detection Tests for the Identification of Shifts in Hydrometric Data
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)This paper presents the development of tests based on one artificial intelligence technique, the Kohonen neural network, for the detection of shifts in hydrometric data. Two new Kohonen-based detection tests are developed, ... -
Automatic Extraction of Apparent Semantic Structure from Text Contents of a Structural Calculation Document
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)A generic method for the automatic extraction of apparent semantic document structure from a structural calculation document was proposed in this paper. The method consists of two processes: extracting subtitles and ... -
Global Optimization of Pavement Structural Parameters during Back-Calculation Using Hybrid Shuffled Complex Evolution Algorithm
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)In this paper, the use of a hybrid evolutionary optimization algorithm is proposed for global optimization of pavement structural parameters through inverse modeling. Shuffled complex evolution (SCE) is a population-based ... -
Grid-Enabled Simulation-Optimization Framework for Environmental Characterization
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)Many engineering and environmental problems that involve the determination of unknown system characteristics from observation data can be categorized as inverse problems. A common approach undertaken to solve such problems ... -
Comparative Study of SVMs and ANNs in Aquifer Water Level Prediction
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)In this research, a data-driven modeling approach, support vector machines (SVMs), is compared to artificial neural networks (ANNs) for predicting transient groundwater levels in a complex groundwater system under variable ... -
Box-and-Ellipse-Based ANFIS for Bridge Coating Assessment
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)In the late 1990s, image processing was first applied to steel bridge coating assessment in the United States. Yet, there has not been any robust method that could solve nonuniform illumination problems to date. In this ... -
Merging Architectural, Engineering, and Construction Ontologies
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011)Ontologies have emerged as a means of facilitating semantic interoperability among computer systems. However, recognizing that no single universally agreed-on ontology can ever be defined for a domain, a tool that allows ... -
Mobile Ad Hoc Network-Enabled Collaboration Framework Supporting Civil Engineering Emergency Response Operations
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)This paper presents an information-technology-based collaboration framework that facilitates disaster response operations. The collaboration framework incorporates a web collaboration service, radio frequency identification ... -
Image-Based Machine Learning for Reduction of User Fatigue in an Interactive Model Calibration System
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)The interactive multiobjective genetic algorithm (IMOGA) is a promising new approach to calibrate models. The IMOGA combines traditional optimization with an interactive framework, thus allowing both quantitative calibration ... -
Terrestrial Laser Scanning-Based Structural Damage Assessment
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) provides a rapid, remote sensing technique to model 3D objects. Previous work applying TLS to structural analysis has demonstrated its effectiveness in capturing simple beam deflections and ... -
Precedence-Preserving GAs Operators for Scheduling Problems with Activities’ Start Times Encoding
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)Precedence-preserving crossover and mutation operators for scheduling problems with activities’ start times encoding are proposed and employed in this paper. The objective is to tackle the incapability of the genetic ... -
Modeling Strength of High-Performance Concrete Using an Improved Grammatical Evolution Combined with Macrogenetic Algorithm
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)The main purpose of this paper is to propose an incorporating improved grammatical evolution (GE) into the genetic algorithm (GA), called GEGA, to estimate the compressive strength of high-performance concrete (HPC). The ... -
Dual-Interval Fuzzy Stochastic Programming Method for Long-Term Planning of Municipal Solid Waste Management
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)In many real-world problems, quality of the available information is generally poor and uncertainties presented as multiple formats may exist in various system components. In this study, a dual-interval fuzzy stochastic ... -
Computer Vision-Based Video Interpretation Model for Automated Productivity Analysis of Construction Operations
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)Videotaping is an effective and inexpensive technique that has long been used in construction to conduct productivity analyzes. However, as schedules of modern construction projects become more and more compressed, the ... -
Efficacy of Using Support Vector Machine in a Contractor Prequalification Decision Model
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)Contractor prequalification is basically a nonlinear two-group classification problem. A robust contractor prequalification decision model should include the ability of handling both quantitative and qualitative data. ... -
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Genetic-Algorithm-Based Strategies for Dynamic Identification of Nonlinear Systems with Noise-Corrupted Response
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)The main objective of this paper is to investigate efficiency and correctness of different real-coded genetic algorithms and identification criteria in nonlinear system identification within the framework of non-classical ... -
Knowledge-Based Landslide Susceptibility Zonation System
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)The landslide susceptibility of a region is important for socioeconomic considerations and engineering applications. Thus, an automated system for mapping of landslide susceptibility could be of significant benefit for ...