Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering: Recent submissions

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    • Sensitivity Analysis of Neural Networks in Spool Fabrication Productivity Studies 

      Ming Lu; S. M. AbouRizk; U. H. Hermann (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)
      The back-propagation neural network (BPNN) has been researched and applied as a convenient decision-support tool in a variety of application areas in civil engineering. However, learning algorithms such as the BPNN do not ...

    • Enterprise-Wide Data Integration and Analysis for Oversize/Overweight Permitting 

      Teresa M. Adams; Suphawut Malaikrisanachalee; Carola Blazquez; Scott Lueck; Alan Vonderohe (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2002)
      The automation of oversize/overweight (OS/OW) vehicle permitting can be achieved through GIS-based systems. OS/OW permitting involves network pathfinding given spatial and temporal constraints that are associated with the ...

    • Comparison of Two Approaches for Modeling Freight Movement at Seaports 

      Haitham M. Al-Deek (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)
      Seaports host international cargo operations and are primary generators of freight traffic in the United States. Truck/rail trip generation and modal split models provide public agencies with valuable information necessary ...

    • Algorithm for Determining Controlling Path Considering Resource Continuity 

      Mohammad A. Ammar; Emad Elbeltagi (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)
      Scheduling of construction projects that have multiple units, wherein activities repeat from one unit to another, always represent a major challenge to project managers. These projects require schedules that ensure the ...

    • Model Induction with Support Vector Machines: Introduction and Applications 

      Yonas B. Dibike; Slavco Velickov; Dimitri Solomatine; Michael B. Abbott (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)
      The rapid advance in information processing systems in recent decades had directed engineering research towards the development of intelligent systems that can evolve models of natural phenomena automatically—“by themselves,” ...

    • Web-Based Construction Document Processing via Malleable Frame 

      Yimin Zhu; Raja R. A. Issa; Robert F. Cox (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)
      Technical integration is regarded as one of the major approaches to improve data interoperability. The Web-based integration approach used in this study is a relatively new approach in this field, but it possesses great ...

    • Partitioning of Tall Buildings Using Bubble Graph Representation 

      B. H. V. Topping; P. Iványi (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)
      In this paper it is shown that the current methods of graph representation used for finite-element mesh partitioning are inappropriate for tall buildings, where the mesh will generally consist of both one and two dimensional ...

    • Quantifying Void Ratio in Granular Materials Using Voronoi Tessellation 

      Khalid A. Alshibli; Hany A. El-Saidany (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)
      The Voronoi technique was used to calculate the local void ratio distribution of granular materials. It was implemented in an application-oriented image processing and analysis algorithm capable of extracting object edges, ...

    • Competent Genetic-Evolutionary Optimization of Water Distribution Systems 

      Z. Y. Wu; A. R. Simpson (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)
      A genetic algorithm has been applied to the optimal design and rehabilitation of a water distribution system. Many of the previous applications have been limited to small water distribution systems, where the computer time ...

    • Computer-Generated Building Data: Topological Information 

      Tang-Hung Nguyen; Amr A. Oloufa (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)
      Traditionally, complex data models are developed to completely describe constructed facilities. These data models could be significantly simplified if the amount of information to be represented is reduced to basic or ...

    • Integrated Hydrologic Modeling and GIS in Water Resources Management 

      Z. X. Xu; K. Ito; G. A. Schultz; J. Y. Li (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)
      The integration of a physically-based distributed model with a geographic information system (GIS) in watershed-based water resources management is presented, and an example watershed is chosen to demonstrate the spatial ...

    • Knowledge-Based Approach to Construction Project Risk Management 

      J. H. M. Tah; V. Carr (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)
      The construction industry consistently suffers from poor project performance due to a lack of formalized risk management procedures. A proliferation of techniques are available to support project risk management, but these ...

    • Improved Real-Coded GA for Groundwater Bioremediation 

      Jae-Heung Yoon; Christine A. Shoemaker (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)
      Cost-effective ways of remediating contaminated ground water by in situ bioremediation or other methods can be identified by coupling optimization and simulation methods. However, application of these methods to field-scale ...

    • Web-Centric Framework for Secure and Legally Binding Electronic Transactions in Large-Scale A/E/C Projects 

      Feniosky Peña-Mora; Kiran K. Choudary (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)
      Typical architecture/engineering/construction (A/E/C) projects are technically, socially, and economically complex in terms of planning, management, and execution. In order to conduct day-to-day operations within the project ...

    • Web-Based Decision Support Systems: Case Study inProject Delivery 

      Keith R. Molenaar; Anthony D. Songer (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)
      The decentralized nature of the construction industry contributes to difficulties in the implementation and dissemination of project management-based decision tools. The majority of decision support systems (DSS) are ...

    • Preliminary Design System for Concrete Box Girder Bridges 

      Zhiye Zhao; Wenwei He; Sau Cheong Fan (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)
      A neural network-based design system is presented in this paper for preliminary design of concrete box girder bridges. The system is based on a loose coupling model that integrates the artificial neural network and the ...

    • Combinatorial Representations in Structural Analysis 

      Offer Shai (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)
      The work presented in this paper is part of a general research work, during which combinatorial representations based on graph and matroid theories were developed and then applied to different engineering fields. The main ...

    • Role of ASCE in the Advancement of Computing in Civil Engineering 

      Steven J. Fenves; William J. Rasdorf (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)
      Computing has emerged as a major focus area in civil engineering, just as it has in other disciplines. This paper examines the role of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in the advancement and development of ...

    • Evolutionary Programming for Inverse Problems in Civil Engineering 

      Chee Kiong Soh; Yue Xing Dong (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)
      Two main contributions to evolutionary computation and their applications are reported in this paper: (1) a new evolutionary programming (EP) algorithm is proposed with several improved techniques added to the conventional ...

    • CITYWORK: Application of Collaborative Technologies for Infrastructure Management 

      Rajaram Ganeshan; Francois Grobler; Chia-Yu “Eric” Wang; Vijesh Coimbatore (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)
      This paper describes a collaborative maintenance management application called CITYWORK being developed for the Public Works Department at the Fort Gordon Army Installation in Augusta, Ga. The work described in this paper ...