Considerable amount of research has been developed that investigate the benefits of Building Information Modelling (BIM) for design and construction. However, as suggested in the UK Government Strategy, the relevant gains and difficulties related to the adoption of BIM in the operational stages of the project life cycle are considerably less explored in the available literature. In this respect...

Itece~tl~, an approach to k~owldge d~co~er~, called A~ribute Focusing, ham been used by.soflwa~ development teams to discover ~¢h ~owledge categorical defeef data as allows them to imFeo~e ~eir process of software development in real Sime. This feedback is provided by computing the difference o] the obme~ed propo~ion wiShin a selected ea~ego,j ~om an effipected proportion for that category, and...

This paper develops an agent-based spatial model of the housing market. Real estate is many families’ single biggest asset. It is also widely held by financial institutions, in the form of mortgage based securities. As a result, avoiding extreme housing price volatility is crucial for maintaining financial stability of the nation. The housing market is very unique: it is thin, highly regulated,...

This paper shows how model simplification, by replacing iterative steps with unitary predictive equations, can enable dynamic interaction with a complex simulation process. Model previews extend the techniques of dynamic querying and query previews into the context of ad hoc simulation model exploration. A case study is presented within the domain of counter-current chromatography. The relative...

This paper represents an exploratory study of concepts in middleware technology. The paper introduces a new term middard and a conceptual middard model. A middard is a standard, but not a product. Middleware is the implementation of a middard. Middardware is software developed in conformance with a middard standard. The conceptual middard model describes the relationship of elements constitutin...

This paper investigates the relationship between the demand and supply chain and the concept of marketing based on a literature review based on twenty-nine papers between 2009-1999. The preliminary literature review indicated that the discussion in the papers outline primarily the differences between the supply/demand chain and the resulting impact on marketing; investigating further into eleme...