Automation and Information and Knowledge Model Technologies in Construction Engineering
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2023) | Viewed by 27262
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Interests: infrastructure and building information modelling (BIM); knowledge engineering; digital interoperability
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The ubiquity of digitalization in construction enables new levels of automation for processes and workflows that create and maintain digital assets throughout the building and infrastructure lifecycle stages. Research in the various fields of computer science and informatics combined with research in construction creates new research opportunities for construction informatics. At its core, information and knowledge modeling accounts for fundamental achievements such as building information modeling and knowledge-based representation of building data (such as ifcOWL ontology), which is boosting research in the automation of many BIM-based methods, including digital twins and digital building logbooks as well as semantic web and linked data approaches for material data, GIS data, product manufacturer data, sensor data, classification schemata, social data, and more.
Original research papers on the following topics are welcome:
BIM-based automation, semantic web and linked data for automation, ontology driven workflows, digital twins, digital building logbooks, automation and classification systems, IFC extensions, construction robots, autonomous machines for construction, automation of building, automation for construction safety, automation of modular construction, ethical automation in construction, smart construction materials and automation, and building management automation systems.
Dr. Andrej Tibaut
Dr. Salvatore Antonio Biancardo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- BIM-based automation
- semantic web and linked data for automation in construction
- digital twins
- digital building logbooks
- construction robots and autonomous machines for construction
- automation of modular construction
- ethical automation in construction
- automation for construction safety
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