Intelligent Computing in Engineering and Architecture : 13th EG-ICE Workshop 2006, Ascona, Switzerland, June 25-30, 2006, Revised Selected Papers

Outcomes of the Joint International Conference on Computing and Decision Making in Civil and Building Engineering, Montreal 2006.- Self-aware and Learning Structure.- Capturing and Representing Construction Project Histories for Estimating and Defect Detection.- Case Studies of Intelligent Context-Aware Services Delivery in AEC/FM.- Bio-inspiration: Learning Creative Design Principia.- Structural Topology Optimization of Braced Steel Frameworks Using Genetic Programming.- On the Adoption of Computing and IT by Industry: The Case for Integration in Early Building Design.- Versioned Objects as a Basis for Engineering Cooperation.- The Effects of the Internet on Scientific Publishing – The Case of Construction IT Research.- Automated On-site Retrieval of Project Information.- Intelligent Computing and Sensing for Active Safety on Construction Sites.- GENE_ARCH: An Evolution-Based Generative Design System for Sustainable Architecture.- Mission Unaccomplished: Form and Behavior But No Function.- The Value of Visual 4D Planning in the UK Construction Industry.- Approximating Phenomenological Space.- KnowPrice2: Intelligent Cost Estimation for Construction Projects.- RFID in the Built Environment: Buried Asset Locating Systems.- New Opportunities for IT Research in Construction.- Infrastructure Development in the Knowledge City.- Formalizing Construction Knowledge for Concurrent Performance-Based Design.- Next Generation Artificial Neural Networks and Their Application to Civil Engineering.- Evolutionary Generation of Implicative Fuzzy Rules for Design Knowledge Representation.- Emerging Information and Communication Technologies and the Discipline of Project Information Management.- The FishbowlTM: Degrees of Engagement in Global Teamwork.- Animations and Simulations of Engineering Software: Towards Intelligent Tutoring Systems.- Sensor Data Driven Proactive Management of Infrastructure Systems.- Understanding Situated Design Computing and Constructive Memory: Newton, Mach, Einstein and Quantum Mechanics.- Welfare Economics Applied to Design Engineering.- A Model for Data Fusion in Civil Engineering.- Coordinating Goals, Preferences, Options, and Analyses for the Stanford Living Laboratory Feasibility Study.- Collaborative Engineering Software Development: Ontology-Based Approach.- Optimizing Construction Processes by Reorganizing Abilities of Craftsmen.- Ontology Based Framework Using a Semantic Web for Addressing Semantic Reconciliation in Construction.- GPS and 3DOF Tracking for Georeferenced Registration of Construction Graphics in Outdoor Augmented Reality.- Operative Models for the Introduction of Additional Semantics into the Cooperative Planning Process.- A Decentralized Trust Model to Reduce Information Unreliability in Complex Disaster Relief Operations.- MGA – A Mathematical Approach to Generate Design Alternatives.- Assessing the Quality of Mappings Between Semantic Resources in Construction.- Knowledge Discovery in Bridge Monitoring Data: A Soft Computing Approach.- Practice 2006: Toolkit 2020.- Intrinsically Motivated Intelligent Sensed Environments.- How to Teach Computing in AEC.- Evaluating the Use of Immersive Display Media for Construction Planning.- A Forward Look at Computational Support for Conceptual Design.- From SEEKing Knowledge to Making Connections: Challenges, Approaches and Architectures for Distributed Process Integration.- Knowledge Based Engineering and Intelligent Personal Assistant Context in Distributed Design.- Model Free Interpretation of Monitoring Data.- Prediction of the Behaviour of Masonry Wall Panels Using Evolutionary Computation and Cellular Automata.- Derivational Analogy: Challenges and Opportunities.- Civil Engineering Communication – Obstacles and Solutions.- Computer Assistance for Sustainable Building Design.- Interoperability in Building Construction Using Exchange Standards.- A Conceptual Model of Web Service-Based Construction Information System.- Combining Two Data Mining Methods for System Identification.- From Data to Model Consistency in Shared Engineering Environments.- Multicriteria Optimization of Paneled Building Envelopes Using Ant Colony Optimization.- Data Analysis on Complicated Construction Data Sources: Vision, Research, and Recent Developments.- Constructing Design Representations.- Methodologies for Construction Informatics Research.- Wireless Sensing, Actuation and Control – With Applications to Civil Structures.