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Civil-Comp Proceedings
ISSN 1759-3433
CCP: 11
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
Edited by: B.H.V. Topping

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Preliminaries
1PROFESSIONAL ISSUES  
1.1 Expert Systems and Engineering Management
C. Mitchell
1
1.2 Knowledge based Systems: Potential in Design and Management
S. Rowlinson
21
1.3 The Potential of Object Oriented Programming for the Development of Expert Systems in the Construction Industry
M. Alshawi
27
2KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION AND REASONING  
2.1 Meta-Knowledge Reasoning in Civil Engineering Expert Systems
A. Oki and D. Lloyd Smith
33
2.2 A PROLOG based Object Oriented Engineering DBMS
A.S. Watson and S.H. Chan
37
2.3 A Generalized Knowledge Base
R. Zhang, M. Gu and X. Lui
49
3CONSTRUCTION PLANNING  
3.1 Knowledge-Based Regulation Processing for Site Development
D.T. Shaw
57
3.2 A KEE Approach to Site Layout Problems
A. Hamiani
65
3.3 A Knowledge based System Approach to Determine Durations of Site Activities
K. Kahkonen
71
4CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT  
4.1 Expert Systems for Briefing in the Construction Industry
J. Hudson, J.P. Murray, R.N. Gameson and B. Toft
77
4.2 A Knowledge based System for Recognition of Work Required for Construction
A. Sirajuddin and M.J. Mawdesley
83
4.3 A Micro-Computer Application for Managing Construction Productivity
K.D. Lemon and J. Christian
93
4.4 A Fuzzy Expert System for Priority Ranking in Network Resource Allocation
T.C. Chang and C.W. Ibbs
101
4.5 An Expert System to Assist in Generating and Scheduling Construction Activities
M. Alshawi and D. Jagger
109
4.6 A Knowledge based Approach to Support the Generation of Construction Schedules
D. Echeverry, C.W. Ibbs and S. Kim
115
4.7 A Conceptual Model for Claim Management in Construction: an AI Approach
N. Riad, D. Arditi and J. Mohammadi
123
5BUILDING DESIGN  
5.1 SOLAREXPERT - An Expert System for Evaluating Passive Solar Energy Designs
M.A. Rosenman and J.S. Gero
131
6STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS  
6.1 Adaptive Connections of Multitype Structural Descriptors in a TLS for Structural Analysis
R. Fruchter and J. Gluck
141
6.2 An Object Oriented Approach to Structural Analysis and Design
G.R. Miller
149
6.3 A Model for Parallel Training and Learning in Dynamic Structural Response Analysis
R. Fruchter and J. Gluck
157
7STRUCTURAL DESIGN  
7.1 A Prolog-Based Representation of Standards for Structural Design
B. Kumar and B.H.V. Topping
165
7.2 An Expert System for the Conceptual Design of Bridges
J.C. Miles and C.J. Moore
171
7.3 Structural Design using Intelligent Objects
P.N. Payne
177
7.4 An Expert System for the Preliminary Design of Timber Roofs
D.R. Thompson, T. Tomski, S.W. Ellacott and P. Kuczora
187
7.5 The Design of Steel Offshore Structures using an Expert System
C.K. Soh and J.C. Miles
197
7.6 A Knowledge-based Expert System for the Design of Reinforced Concrete Halls
N.A.B. Yehia, A.A.L. Sabbeh and A.M. Mosallam
201
7.7 Knowledge-Based Expert System for Damage Assessment based on Fuzzy Reasoning
N. Shiraishi, H. Furuta, M. Umano and K. Kawakami
211
7.8 An Experimental Expert System for the Design of Column Base Plates
T.J. McCarthy and Z. Houas
217
7.9 An Expert System for Offshore Structure Inspection and Maintenance
A. Langdon, K. Ahmad and P.A. Frieze
221
8EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING  
8.1 QUAKE: an Expert System for the Selection of Design Earthquake Accelerogram
K.B. Dussom, T. Hadj-Hamou and R.M. Bakeer
233
8.2 A Knowledge-based Assistant for Earthquake Resistant Design
H. Adeli and S.L. Hung
241
9GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING  
9.1 An Expert System for Landslide Hazard and Risk Assessment
A.P. Wislocki and S.P. Bentley
249
9.2 Knowledge-Based System: Advisor on the Selection of Earth Retaining Structures
J. Oliphant and D.I. Blockley
253
9.3 Development of a PROLOG based Expert System for Groundwater Control
I.E.G. Davey-Wilson
263
10ROBOTICS AND CIVIL ENGINEERING  
10.1 The Development of a Real Time Expert System for Excavation
D.A. Bradley and D.W. Steward
269
11EDUCATION AND EXPERT SYSTEMS  
11.1 The Educational Value for Expert Systems
S. Alkass and F.C. Harris
275
11.2 The Application of Artificial Intelligence to Civil and Structural Engineering - A Bibliography
B.H.V. Topping and B. Kumar
285

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