A concise manner to send information from agent A to B is to use phrases constructed with the concepts of A: to use the concepts as the atomic tokens to be transmitted. Unfortunately, tokens from A are not understood by (they do not map into) the ontology of B, since in general each ontology has its own address space. Instead, A and B need to use a common communication language, such as English...

There is no simulation model on evacuation nowadays taking the architectural inducement into account, which means that most of the architectural environment which influences the evacuation behavior, is ignored. In this paper a concept model named AMUSE is presented based on an agent framework, with an agent that is designed to perceive the architectural environment as various clues, choose the ...

This paper describes a prototype that assists in the reading of various versions of a 3D model within an architectural design context. Our research is based on the problem that in architecture, the final object is represented but the design process remains hidden. 3D software, like other programs, is built according to a model in which each file relates to the saving of a state at a precise tim...

This paper proposes a computational method for visualizing animated human reactions to physical conditions that are described in a synthetic architectural model. Its goal is to add a sense of place to the geometry, and augment the representation of its spatial quality for designers and audience. Spatial qualities in architectural design cannot be fully evaluated solely by observing geometrical ...

This paper describes a pattern for object sharing across different address spaces. The pattern is intended for applications where collaborators on clients across a network work closely together. The Simple Shared Object pattern allows distributed applications to create, modify and delete shared objects on a corresponding server. The clients have copies of shared objects they use in their own ad...