Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering: Recent submissions
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Prototype Diagnosis Expert System with Knowledge Refinement Function
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)When developing an expert system, the difficulty in acquiring knowledge poses a bottleneck. It is essential that the system possess a means to modify its knowledge bases. This study details the construction of a versatile ... -
Integrated Computational Life-Cycle Assessment of Buildings
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)A computational tool has been developed for the environmental evaluation of building designs. Construction and operation of buildings is a major cause of resource depletion and environmental pollution. Computational ... -
Why Industry Needs Asset Management Tools
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)This paper provides a retrospective overview of asset management in the construction industry. Emphasis is placed on assessing decision-support tools for municipal infrastructure planning. The study identifies the extent ... -
Neuro-Fuzzy Approaches for Sanitary Sewer Pipeline Condition Assessment
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)Recent advances in optical sensors and computing technologies have led to the development of inspection systems for underground facilities such as water lines, sewer pipes, and telecommunication conduits. It is now possible ... -
Managing Design Changes for Multiview Models
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)Coordination of design changes is important because, if the design changes are not properly managed, design conflicts will result in more expensive design or even failure in the design-construction process. Geometric ... -
Decision Support Tool for Life-Cycle-Based Solid Waste Management
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)Existing solid waste management (SWM) planning software provides only limited assistance to decision makers struggling to find strategies that address their multifarious concerns. The combinatorial nature (many waste items ... -
Linear Reference System for Life-Cycle Integration
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)Realization of the vision of integrating the facility life cycle is predicated upon the ability to share information within and between its life-cycle phases. Physical location is a potential basis for data integration, ... -
Standards Usage Language (SUL)
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)One of the major objectives in computer-aided engineering has been to develop computer-aided support for using standards in design systems. To eliminate most of the problems that occur when the knowledge present in standards ... -
Distributed System for Coastal Infrastructure Modeling and Assessment
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)The client/server computer architecture of the Internet provides an efficient mechanism for implementing effective civil infrastructure monitoring and assessment applications. Systems functionality that is enabled by this ... -
Rule-Based Model for Traffic Accident Visualization and Analysis
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)This research develops and tests a computerized model for intersection accident data visualization and analysis. The model implemented a rule-based visualization module that automatically constructs the collision diagram ... -
Computer Model for Life-Cycle Cost Analysis of Roadway Pavements
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)This paper describes the development of a computer model that performs life-cycle cost analysis (LCCA) of roadway pavements, analyzing the cost of both the agency and the user. Agency costs are a function of the type of ... -
Reliability-Based Life-Cycle Management of Highway Bridges
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)The objective of bridge management is to allocate and use the limited resources to balance lifetime reliability and life-cycle cost in an optimal manner. As the 20th century has drawn to a close, it is appropriate to reflect ... -
Estimating Labor Productivity Using Probability Inference Neural Network
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2000)This paper discusses the derivation of a probabilistic neural network classification model and its application in the construction industry. The probability inference neural network (PINN) model is based on the same concepts ... -
Multireservoir Systems Optimization Using Genetic Algorithms: Case Study
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2000)A genetic algorithm approach is presented for the optimization of multireservoir systems. The approach is demonstrated through application to a reservoir system in Indonesia by considering the existing development situation ... -
Distributed Genetic Algorithm Model on Network of Personal Computers
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2000)Despite recent advances in desktop computing power, certain civil engineering problems continue to depend on supercomputers and powerful workstations. Although supercomputers and workstations helped in field testing ... -
IT: A Potential Solution for Managing the Infrastructure Life Cycle
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Design Processing of Regular and Nonstandard Structural Components
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2000)A design standard can be complemented with a case base of nonstandard designs to form a richer knowledge source that can be used in the development of a system for processing of both regular and nonstandard structural ... -
Applications of Mathematical Software Packages in Structural Engineering Education and Practice
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2000)The use of mathematical software packages provides a number of benefits to an engineering user. In general, the packages provide a platform that supports iterative design and parametric analysis through a flexible, transparent ... -
Water Distribution Network Renewal Planning
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001)This paper provides an overview of the writers' previous work in formulating a comprehensive approach to the important problem of water distribution network renewal planning, with a particular emphasis on the computing ... -
System Dynamics Modeling of Reservoir Operations for Flood Management
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2000)There exists a strong need to explore simulation techniques that not only represent complex dynamic systems in a realistic way but also allow the involvement of end users in model development to increase their confidence ...