Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering: Recent submissions
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Prototype Object‐Oriented System for Maintenance of Timber Trusses
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1994)The Department of National Defense of Canada has over 200 timber hangars on Canadian Forces bases throughout the country. The roof of these structures is supported by standardized timber Warren trusses. These trusses, ... -
Multimedia Approach to Case‐Based Structural Design
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1994)Case‐based reasoning provides an approach to the reuse of previous design experience through the storage, retrieval, and adaptation of specific design projects. One of the major issues to be addressed in the application ... -
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Analogy‐Based Solution to Markup Estimation Problem
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1994)This paper presents a methodology for deriving analogy‐based solutions to a class of unstructured problems in civil engineering. Such problems have identifiable characteristics, including: (1) Problems frequently require ... -
Genetic Algorithms in Discrete Optimization of Steel Truss Roofs
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1994)Genetic algorithms have their basis in Darwin's theory of survival of the fittest. These algorithms have been used successfully in genetics and recently in a variety of optimization problems. In this paper, the mixed layout ... -
Role of Advanced Computer Technology in Construction Industry
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1994)The construction industry currently does not undertake the research and development of advanced computer technology needed to maintain or improve production performance in the modern world. This technical note describes ... -
Machine Learning of Design Rules: Methodology and Case Study
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1994)This paper describes a methodology for applying machine learning to problems of conceptual design, and presents a case study of learning design rules for wind bracings in tall buildings. Design rules are generated by ... -
Common Misconceptions about Neural Networks as Approximators
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1994)A current trend in scientific and engineering computing is to use neural‐network approximations instead of polynomial approximations or other types of approximations involving mathematical functions. A number of misconceptions ... -
Estimating Construction Productivity: Neural‐Network‐Based Approach
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1994)A neural‐network (NN) and observation‐data‐based approach to estimating construction operation productivity is presented. The main reason for using neural networks for construction productivity estimation is the requirement ... -
Dynamic‐Behavior Modeler for Material Handling in Construction
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1994)This paper presents a conceptual dynamic‐behavior modeler for material‐handling equipment in construction. The dynamic‐behavior modeler provides a novel approach to modeling the motion planning process for engineers and ... -
Towards Modeling Support System for Simulation of Water Quality
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1993)This prototype modeling support system for simulation of water quality is to assist a modeler in deriving and simulating, in a single software environment, a model to predict changes in water quality for a given aquatic ... -
Real‐Time Decision‐Support System for Freeway Management and Control
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1994)Traffic incidents are believed to cause about 60% of the congestion delay in the United States. Accordingly, a number of U.S. cities maintain Traffic Operations Centers (TOCs) for incident detection and response. However, ... -
Accurate Polygon Centroid Computation Using ARC/INFO GIS
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1993)Version 5.0 of the ARC/INFO geographic information system (GIS) does not support a single command to correctly determine the centroid of a polygon. The CREATELABELS command, which is intended to center a polygon label, was ... -
GDE: New Approach to Graphical Modeling
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1994)The numerical methods (e.g., the FE method) require that the analyzed geometry should be discrete. This enforces creation of large data files. To speed up the process, automated data generators are used. In many cases, ... -
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Geometric‐Based Reasoning System for Project Planning
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1994)Traditional planning and scheduling techniques provide construction planners with mathematical models to simulate the construction process as an aid in planning and control of complex projects. These techniques possess ... -
Development and Application of Expert Geographic Information System
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1993)An expert geographic information system (expert GIS) combines rule‐based reasoning with spatial data representation and analysis. A limited, experimental expert GIS has been created by linking the Nexpert Object expert‐system ... -
Water‐Distribution GIS from Fragmented and Incomplete Information
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1993)An approach to facilitate the development and verification of a geographic information system for managing a water‐distribution network data base is proposed. The approach, which was developed for use in reliability analysis ... -
Decision‐Support System for Long‐Range Stream Flow Forecasting
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 1994)A sensitivity analysis of model forecasts provided possible insight into development of a hybrid technique to improve forecast quality using engineering knowledge and experience. A rule‐based decision support system (DSS) ... -
Editorial
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