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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for managing facility change information and capturing change history as part of building information models (BIMs), Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Carnegie Mellon University.
Al-Dughaither, K A (1996) International construction financing strategies: Influential factors and decision-making, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Carnegie Mellon University.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Uncertainty analysis of national highway performance measures in the context of evolving analysis models and data, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Carnegie Mellon University.
Atasoy, G (2013) Visualizing and interacting with construction project performance information, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Carnegie Mellon University.
Bello, M A (2012) Minimizing impediments to design for construction safety (DFCS) implementation on capital projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Carnegie Mellon University.
Ben-Alon, L (2020) Natural buildings: Integrating earthen building materials and methods into mainstream construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Carnegie Mellon University.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Improving infrastructure management decision making through a consideration of total life cycle cost and deterioration, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Carnegie Mellon University.
Dayanand, N (1996) Scheduling payments in projects: An optimization framework, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Carnegie Mellon University.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Formalization of life-cycle data management of engineered-to-order components using advanced tracking technologies, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Carnegie Mellon University.
Gordon, C (2006) A formalism and a framework for planning of sensor-based construction inspections, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Carnegie Mellon University.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: reasoning; case study; construction site; inspection; heuristic
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- URL: https://www.proquest.com/docview/305353866
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Current construction inspection planning practice is not adequately formalized to support the consideration and comparison of multiple possible inspection plans. This leads to the generation of sub-optimal, and possibly inapplicable, plans. This ineffective result is more pronounced in view of the increasing number of technologies available for data collection, and the possibility afforded by a number of sensing technologies to address multiple inspection goals simultaneously. A formal approach for inspection planning is needed to improve the quality and number of feasible plans for given inspection goals, and to search among the feasible space for inspection plans to implement on site. In this thesis, I develop the requirements for representation and reasoning to support automated construction inspection planning; present an automated inspection planning approach that addresses these requirements to support automatic generation of detailed inspection goals and inspection plans; and present results of investigations in reasoning to explore a large inspection plan space resulting from implementation of this approach. First, I present the requirements for representation and reasoning for construction inspection planning based on observations on case studies, documented construction inspection examples, and documented issues related to inspection planning in construction inspection literature. I validate these requirements by investigating the feasibility of construction-site application of these requirements and by identifying the impact of implementing these requirements compared to the status quo as observed on construction sites. Second, I present the approach that I have developed to address these requirements, providing details of the representation and reasoning needed to develop goals and plans for inspection. I validate this work by investigating whether the approach can address inspection contexts found in construction inspection literature. Finally, I discuss my investigation of exploration of the search space of feasible inspection plans that are generated using the inspection planning approach. As this is a component-based approach that enables consideration of multiple technologies and methods, the search space for applicable inspection plans can be quite large. I characterize the size and ruggedness of search spaces that are generated, demonstrate multiple reasoning mechanisms (e.g., heuristics, such as standardizing solutions, and search algorithms, including genetic algorithm, simulated annealing, and random search) that I have investigated for their ability to explore the space. I validate this search-based approach to inspection planning by presenting case studies that demonstrate the difference that this approach makes in comparison to traditional plan selection approaches. This body of work provides three main contributions: a set of requirements and a process concept for developing and reducing construction inspection plan spaces; a component-based approach for development of inspection plans for the construction domain; and a formulation of inspection plan space search that can support construction planning.
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.
Sharrard, A L (2007) Greening construction processes using an input-output-based hybrid life cycle assessment method, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Carnegie Mellon University.