Reasoning about component similarity in building product models from the construction perspective

Automation in Construction

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-21

  Staub French, Sheryl ^a   Nepal, Madhav Prasad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D CAD; Cluster analysis; Component similarity; Constructability; Feature recognition; Model based reasoning; Ontology; Product features; Product modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ONTOLOGY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

3D CAD; COMPONENT SIMILARITY; MODEL-BASED REASONING; PRODUCT FEATURES; PRODUCT MODELING;

CASE BASED REASONING;

EID: 34547690901     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2007.02.013     Document Type: Article

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