Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering: Recent submissions

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    • Intelligent Objects for Synthesis of Structural Systems 

      Dionysis R. Rigopoulos; Irving J. Oppenheim (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1992)
      A building designer must synthesize a stuctural system with many interacting functionalities. The process is one of incremental, evolutionary design with noteworthy dynamics (concurrency) of interactions among different ...

    • NIAM Conceptual Data‐Base Design in Construction Management 

      William J. Rasdorf; Osama Y. Abudayyeh (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1992)
      With the continued use of data bases in engineering applications and the continued proliferation of engineering data, the importance of proper database design needs increasing attention. This paper presents a new data‐modeling ...

    • Construction Applications of Relational Data Bases in Three‐Dimensional GIS 

      Amr A. Oloufa; C. S. Papacostas; Reynaldo Espino (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1992)
      A geographic information system (GIS) is a hybrid between computer‐assisted drafting and data‐base programs, where geographically characterized information retrieved from the data base is displayed on a graphical representation ...

    • Computer‐Controlled Brick Masonry 

      Leonhard E. Bernold; Frank R. Altobelli; Henry Taylor (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1992)
      The introduction of automated machinery in construction creates many challenges to researchers, equipment manufacturers, and users alike. The flexibility of computers and computer‐controlled machines makes them valuable ...

    • Transaction‐Management Issues in Collaborative Engineering 

      Shamim Ahmed; Duvvuru Sriram; Robert Logcher (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1992)
      Computer‐aided collaborative engineering typically involves a group of engineers working cooperatively on distributed workstations to complete a complex design by closely interacting among themselves and dynamically sharing ...

    • Linking Data Bases to Hydraulic Computations 

      Brian R. Turcotte; N. Davies Mtundu (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1992)
      A computer‐based system for determining water discharges through a network of control structures and canals in the South Florida Water Management District is described. The system comprises a relational data base that ...

    • Representing Building Product Information Using Hypermedia 

      Sunil K. Evt; Sari Khayyal; Victor E. Sanvido (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1992)
      This paper presents and discusses a prototype implementation of a product model for building construction. The requirements for integrated construction software are first established on the basis of previous work. Organization ...

    • Computational Laboratory for Discrete Element Geomechanics 

      John M. Ting; Brent T. Corkum (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1992)
      The Discrete Element Method treats granular materials numerically as a collection of particles rather than as a continuum. This paper presents the design of an integrated suite of three computer programs that implement the ...

    • Path‐Finder: AI‐Based Path Planning System 

      A. A. Morad; A. B. Cleveland, Jr.; Y. J. Beliveau; V. D. Fransisco; S. S. Dixit (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1992)
      The issue of constructability has emerged as a primary area of concern in construction planning. To avoid constructability problems, which may result in construction rework, it is necessary to evaluate the constructability ...

    • Reviewers of the <i>Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering</i> 

      Unknown author (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1992)

    • Extending Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Hierarchical Planning 

      Nabil A. Kartam; Raymond E. Levitt; David E. Wilkins (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1991)
      Generating a plan of correctly sequenced activities to achieve a stated goal under given constraints is a difficult task for either humans or computers. For any realistic planning problem, there are almost infinite ...

    • Parallel Computing Solution of Coupled Flow Processes in Soil 

      Hywel Rhys Thomas; Chi Leung Welkin Li (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1991)
      A new parallel computing solution of problems of coupled flows in soils is presented. Such phenomena occur when more than one transport process exists below ground as is the case, for example, for coupled chemical, electrical, ...

    • Development of Control Structure for Micro‐Based Expert System 

      R. A. Harris; L. F. Cohn (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1991)
      The expert system called Computerized Highway Noise Analyst (CHINA) was originally developed to address a nationwide lack of experience in the acoustic design of highway noise barriers. Since the development of CHINA, ...

    • Representing Strategic Choices in Structural Modeling 

      Steven E. Salata; Clive L. Dym (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1991)
      This paper presents a method for representing structural modeling as a strategic process involving decision making in an environment where the results of any decision may not be known with complete certainty. An existing ...

    • Computer‐Aided Education in Structural Dynamics 

      P. Paultre; P. Léger; J. Proulx (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1991)
      Specialized computer‐aided education tools are necessary to provide a transition between theoretical formulations of matrix methods of structural dynamic computations and the fully automated analysis procedures found in ...

    • Editorial 

      C. William Ibbs (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1992)

    • Integrated Framework for Deriving Behavior from Structural Descriptions 

      Jaideep Ganguly; Duvvuru Sriram; Eduardo Kausel (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1991)
      In this paper we describe QSEIS, a prototype knowledge‐based expert system that can provide advice on seismic behavior of structural systems, based on heuristic expert knowledge and qualitative reasoning capabilities. We ...

    • Knowledge‐Based Approach to Overall Configuration of Multistory Office Buildings 

      C. Bédard; M. Ravi (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1991)
      A knowledge‐based system (KBS) is described that generates space layout alternatives for multistory office buildings taking into account flexibility and functionality, as well as constraints imposed by the owner and codes. ...

    • Primitive‐Composite Approach for Structural Data Modeling 

      H. Craig Howard; Jamal A. Abdalla; D. H. Douglas Phan (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1992)
      Accurate, efficient data exchange is vital to improving productivity in the architecture‐engineering‐construction industry. Much of the current work in data exchange is focused on the development of data exchange standards. ...

    • Expert Tower Analysis and Design System. II: Search Strategies and Learning 

      T. L. Murlidharan; H. B. Aravind; G. V. Suryakumar; N. V. Raman (American Society of Civil Engineers, 1991)
      This paper deals with the various search strategies for generation of alternate feasible designs that have been adopted in EXTASY—an expert system for analysis and design of microwave towers. Heuristics guide the search ...