Advanced technologies : architecture, planning, civil engineering

Abstract

Part 1 Advanced technologies - research issues: the way of IT research - review of research assumptions and directions, A. Bijl assessing the impact of new technologies on design practice through an examination of metaphor, S. Newton and R. Coyne une architecture de systeme a bases de connaissances fondee sur l'abduction, la deduction et l'induction, F. Guena. Part 2 Advanced technologies - development issues: le maintien de la coherence d'un modele evolutif dans un contexte de robots mobiles autonomes - le systeme PROVE, X. Tang and K. Zreik. Part 3 Advanced technologies - application issues: component-based modular building design using artificial intelligence techniques, C. Bridgewater and B.L. Atkin planning urban open spaces by expert systems, A. Barbanente, et al experiences with the construction of a building assembly robot, W. Leyh. Part 4 Advanced technologies - specific issues: a CAD-IS for the three-dimensional modelling of road design, P. Opstal, et al a model-driven configuration - from procedural to object-based decomposition, V. Cyras, et al an object based traffic control strategy - a chaos theory approach with an object-oriented implementation, R.D. Johanns and D.A. Rooemond a shape-grammar for courtyard houses, M. Aksoy and G. Saglamer a visual database for on-line access to bridge precedence, S.N. Pollalis cognitive paradigms for design - knowledge, will, feeling and skill, T. Okasala computer visualization for planning control - objectivity, realism and negotiated outcomes, A.C. Hall cost information in succeeding stages of the design process, E.P. Deiman and H. Tempelmans Plat fuzzy control of robots, J.M. Meslin, et al intelligent computer integrated structures - a new generation of structures, Z.Zagar and D. Delic on simulation, image analysis and structural modelling of steel fibre concrete, P. Stroeven targeting novices and experts, S. Boulanger and I. Smith video-realistic methods for interior light design, A. Canesi, et al towards a multi-agent approach for co-operative distributed design assistants, B. Trousse.