Building thermal simulation based parametric methods are computationally intensive for optimizing the building design. This work uses experimental design techniques, i.e. fractional factorial design and response surface methodology, for sensitivity analysis and surrogate modeling respectively. These techniques find the solution in a reasonable time. Their application for building design optimiz...

A mathematical model based on d-q axis theory and dynamic performance characteristic of brushless resolvers is discussed in this paper. The impact of rotor eccentricity on the accuracy of position in precise applications is investigated. In particular, the model takes the stator currents of brushless resolver into account. The proposed model is used to compute the dynamic and steady state e...

closed-end furrows are commonly used to irrigate crop in northern part of china. the irrigation performance of furrow in this area is often low. the objectives of this paper are to verify reliability of infiltration parameters and manning roughness estimated with sipar_id software and present an optimized method for design of closed-end furrow system. the study consisted of field experiments an...

This paper discusses concurrent design process of large complicated systems toward the establishment of formal fundamentals that are necessary in the development of agent-based distributed design systems. Under the assumption that an artifact is modeled with a set of lumped mass systems and that the number of variables is fairly huge, the necessity of hierarchical and horizontal decomposition o...

The basic structure of a reactor physics laboratory environment simulation software, developed using object modeling technique (OMT), and based on the reactor point kinetic equation, is presented. Also, various capabilities of the simulator in teaching the fundamental concepts of reactor physics are discussed. In this virtual laboratory, student can perform seven different experiments, ...

Scientists and engineers in diverse fields such as manufacturing, medicine, and design use experiments to learn about processes and the behavior of systems. Experiments study how the settings of a series of factors affect one or more response variables. For example, an engineer trying to develop a reliable painting process for automobile components might set up an experiment to study how paint ...

This paper is intended to guide researchers interested in building their own agent based financial markets. Key design questions are outlined, along with some of the major controversies about which

We propose simulation-based forecasting methods for the noncausal vector autoregressive model proposed by Lanne and Saikkonen (2012). Simulation or numerical methods are required because the prediction problem is generally nonlinear and, therefore, its analytical solution is not available. It turns out that different special cases of the model call for different simulation procedures. Simulatio...