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Akcamete, A (2011) A formal approach for managing facility change information and capturing change history as part of building information models (BIMs), Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Carnegie Mellon University.
Al-Dughaither, K A (1996) International construction financing strategies: Influential factors and decision-making, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Carnegie Mellon University.
Amekudzi, A (1999) Uncertainty analysis of national highway performance measures in the context of evolving analysis models and data, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Carnegie Mellon University.
Atasoy, G (2013) Visualizing and interacting with construction project performance information, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Carnegie Mellon University.
Bello, M A (2012) Minimizing impediments to design for construction safety (DFCS) implementation on capital projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Carnegie Mellon University.
Ben-Alon, L (2020) Natural buildings: Integrating earthen building materials and methods into mainstream construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Carnegie Mellon University.
Coffelt, D P, Jr. (2008) Roof management improvement: Improving infrastructure management decision making through a consideration of total life cycle cost and deterioration, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Carnegie Mellon University.
Dayanand, N (1996) Scheduling payments in projects: An optimization framework, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Carnegie Mellon University.
Ergen, E (2005) Formalization of life-cycle data management of engineered-to-order components using advanced tracking technologies, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Carnegie Mellon University.
Gordon, C (2006) A formalism and a framework for planning of sensor-based construction inspections, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Carnegie Mellon University.
He, R (2023) Modeling of sustainable materials management systems: Hybrid science-based, data-driven approaches, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Carnegie Mellon University.
Herabat, P (1997) A functional specification for a decision support system to select bridge analysis tools, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Carnegie Mellon University.
Kiliccote, H (1997) A standards processing framework, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Carnegie Mellon University.
Kiziltas, S (2008) An automated approach for developing integrated model-based construction project histories to support estimation of activity production rates, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Carnegie Mellon University.
Lee, K J (2013) A formal and ontological approach to embed commissioning test protocol into building information model, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Carnegie Mellon University.
Lee, S H (2009) Computational fieldwork support for efficient operation and maintenance of mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Carnegie Mellon University.
Ochoa Franco, L A (2004) Life cycle assessment of residential buildings, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Carnegie Mellon University.
Pradhan, A R (2009) An approach for fusing data from multiple sources to support construction productivity analyses, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Carnegie Mellon University.
Reich, Y (1991) Building and improving design systems: A machine learning approach, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Carnegie Mellon University.
Reinhardt, J (2003) Navigational models for effective and efficient interaction with integrated product and process models on construction sites, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Carnegie Mellon University.
Resendiz-Carrillo, D (1990) Risk-based framework for the selection of socially optimal dam safety goals, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Carnegie Mellon University.
Rivard, H (1997) A building design representation for conceptual design and case-based reasoning, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Carnegie Mellon University.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: reasoning; taxonomy; building design; indexing; case-based reasoning; designer
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- URL: https://www.proquest.com/docview/304335228
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This dissertation describes a method to store design solutions for a computer-based design environment that supports the early phases of building design. The proposed building design representation, used to store design solutions, consists of two levels of abstraction models defined on top of the object-oriented data model. The first level is a generic information model, called the Building Entity and Technology (BENT) model, that stores design data as they are generated during conceptual design, supports case-based reasoning, and shares data among all design participants. This model represents each building entity as a generic container that encompasses its geometry, taxonomy, design knowledge, composition, relationships, and properties. The second level is a conceptual model that defines the types of objects, relationships, and data needed to fully represent the information in a given design domain. The conceptual model specifies the semantics of the design information for the domain using the syntax defined in the information model. A sample conceptual model has been defined for the structural system of buildings. The development of case-based reasoning capabilities first involved the development of a faceted classification scheme to define the controlled vocabulary from which indexes are obtained. The classification is extensible and designers have the freedom to complement the vocabulary with their own idiosyncrasies. Indexing is performed automatically as building entities are designed through the selection and application of technologies. Hence, a design is already indexed when it is added to the case library. A case library was implemented in an object-oriented database management system for accumulating cases and for providing efficient query facilities. Three different methods to create a query based on the current problem statement were developed to find the most useful cases stored in the case library. The selected case is adjusted to the current problem in order to provide a complete solution with an adaptation method, called derivational replay, that re-enacts the set of reasoning steps used to produce the retrieved case in the new situation.
Sharrard, A L (2007) Greening construction processes using an input-output-based hybrid life cycle assessment method, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Carnegie Mellon University.