Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering: Recent submissions
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Exchange Model and Exchange Object Concepts for Implementation of National BIM Standards
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)The industry foundation class (IFC) standard building model schema is a necessary but not sufficient condition for achieving full interoperability between building information modeling (BIM) tools. Unless each information ... -
Integrating Neurofuzzy System with Conceptual Cost Estimation to Discover Cost-Related Knowledge from Residential Construction Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)Cost estimation during early stage of a building construction project plays an important role for feasibility analysis in the planning and design phase. Traditional knowledge-based approaches suffer an essential difficulty ... -
Scheduling Resource-Constrained Projects with Ant Colony Optimization Artificial Agents
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)The paper presents a methodology to schedule resource-constrained construction projects by use of algorithms based on ant colony optimization (ACO); an artificial agent inspired by the collective behavior of natural ant ... -
Promoting Efficient Use of Visualization Tools through Education
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)Three-dimensional visualization is getting increasingly popular. However, for realizing the full benefits of information technology (IT), we need to go beyond visualization and adopt modeling techniques that allow reuse ... -
Peer-to-Peer-Based Publish/Subscribe Architecture for Advanced Infrastructure Systems
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)Civil engineers have introduced sophisticated sensing and control systems to better operate infrastructure systems, resulting in what are termed -
Object Recognition in Construction-Site Images Using 3D CAD-Based Filtering
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)Construction-site images that are now easily obtained from digital cameras have the potential to automatically provide the project status information. For example, once construction objects such as concrete columns are ... -
Distributed Augmented Reality for Visualizing Collaborative Construction Tasks
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)Augmented reality is a visualization method in which virtual objects are aligned with the real world and the viewer can interact with the virtual objects in real time. In this paper, a new methodology called distributed ... -
Predicting the Outcome of Construction Litigation Using an Integrated Artificial Intelligence Model
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010)An integrated prediction model (IPM) was used to predict the outcome of construction litigation with the hope that it will generate a higher prediction rate than the rates obtained by using artificial neural networks (ANN), ... -
Integrating Robot Mapping and Augmented Building Simulation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)This paper discusses a framework for integrated augmented reality (AR) architecture for indoor thermal performance data visualization that utilizes a mobile robot to generate environment maps. It consists of three modules: ... -
Runtime User Interaction in Concurrent Simulation-Animations of Construction Operations
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)Current state-of-the-art tools allow for the accurate modeling of complex construction operations using discrete-event simulation and their realistic postprocessed three-dimensional animation. Due to the postprocessed ... -
Visualization of Construction Progress Monitoring with 4D Simulation Model Overlaid on Time-Lapsed Photographs
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)The ability to effectively communicate progress information and represent as-built and as-planned progress discrepancies are identified as key components for successful project management that allow corrective decisions ... -
Visualization and Simulation of Asphalt Concrete with Randomly Generated Three-Dimensional Models
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)The objective of this study is to visualize and simulate microscale properties of asphalt concrete with three-dimensional discrete element models under mechanical loading. The microstructure of the asphalt concrete sample ... -
Modeling and Visualization of Underground Structures
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)Based on the solid modeling, transformation operation and Boolean operation techniques widely available in computer-aided design and drafting system, first, this paper proposed a general modeling method for dynamic underground ... -
Three-Dimensional Simulation and Visualization of Crane Assisted Construction Erection Processes
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)A system for three-dimensional simulation and animation of erection processes is presented. The system is aimed at providing detailed planning and visualization in a virtual construction environment as well as for assisting ... -
Automated Generation of Operations Level Construction Animations in Outdoor Augmented Reality
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)Three-dimensional (3D) visualization is an effective tool for communicating, verifying, and validating the results of a simulated operation. Traditional visualization tools used for this purpose are typically based on the ... -
Graphical 3D Visualization of Highway Bridge Ratings
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)Aging highway infrastructure requires effective rating methodologies to prioritize bridges for rehabilitation and repair. To aid engineers in decision making regarding bridge maintenance, a three-dimensional (3D) visualization ... -
Automated Recognition of 3D CAD Objects in Site Laser Scans for Project 3D Status Visualization and Performance Control
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)This paper presents a new approach that allows automated recognition of three-dimensional (3D) computer-aided design (CAD) objects from 3D site laser scans. This approach provides a robust and efficient means to recognize ... -
Data Integration of Pavement Markings: A Case in Transportation Asset Management
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)Effective transportation asset management requires the implementation of tools such as software, hardware, databases, and data collection systems. Pavement markings make up one component in transportation asset management, ... -
Generalized Traffic Sign Detection Model for Developing a Sign Inventory
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)The hundreds of traffic sign types on the road and their various shapes and colors make it difficult to develop a generalized method of traffic sign detection. Consequently, agencies performing a sign inventory must manually ... -
Dimensional Analysis of Bridges from a Single Image
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009)Dimensional analysis from single images is still a fruitful topic for investigation, even if range sensors and stereo imaging technologies are becoming a common alternative to the generation of metric information. This ...