Using Expert Systems for the Layout of Temporary Facilities on Construction Sites

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Citation: Iris D. Tommelein and Raymond E. Levitt and Barbara Hayes-Roth. (1987) Using Expert Systems for the Layout of Temporary Facilities on Construction Sites. In KSL-87-47, 1987.

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author Iris D. Tommelein and Raymond E. Levitt and Barbara Hayes-Roth
title Using Expert Systems for the Layout of Temporary Facilities on Construction Sites
number KSL-87-47
institution E. and F.N. Spon
address London
year 1987
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abstract We develop an expert system to assist project managers in laying out temporary facilities on a construction site. During construction of a project, various temporary facilities are located and removed from the site. Determining their location is a spatial arrangement problem dealing with positioning objects under constraints. We approach this problem by implementing layout design knowledge with a blackboard expert system shell, BB1, which opportunistically applies varying problem solving strategies to construct the layout incrementally. "Frames" representing the facilities to be located contain geometrical and temporal attributes; binary spatial and temporal constraints express relationships between them. This representation requires explicit data about objects and constraints, so knowledge acquisition is a major part of our research work. The BB1 shell has been tested with a simple prototype, and we are currently implementing a realistic project.

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Abstract We develop an expert system to assist proj … We develop an expert system to assist project managers in laying out temporary facilities on a construction site. During construction of a project, various temporary facilities are located and removed from the site. Determining their location is a spatial arrangement problem dealing with positioning objects under constraints. We approach this problem by implementing layout design knowledge with a blackboard expert system shell, BB1, which opportunistically applies varying problem solving strategies to construct the layout incrementally. "Frames" representing the facilities to be located contain geometrical and temporal attributes; binary spatial and temporal constraints express relationships between them. This representation requires explicit data about objects and constraints, so knowledge acquisition is a major part of our research work. The BB1 shell has been tested with a simple prototype, and we are currently implementing a realistic project. urrently implementing a realistic project.
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Title Using Expert Systems for the Layout of Temporary Facilities on Construction Sites  +
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