Artificial neural network for the selection of buildable structural systems

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 263-271

  Ballal, Tabarak M A ^a   Sher, William D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Buildings; Neural net; Structural design; Technical regulations

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BUILDINGS; ERROR ANALYSIS; HEURISTIC METHODS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INVESTMENTS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; NEURAL NETWORKS;

CONSTRUCTION KNOWLEDGE; GLASS FLOOR AREAS; TECHNICAL REGULATIONS; WORKING SPACES;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 3242680432     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09699980310489979     Document Type: Article

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