Applying Organizational Semiotics for Developing Knowledge-Based Cost Estimation of Construction Project

Xu, Shen; Liu, Kecheng; Tang, Llewellyn

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-16274-4_9

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“…The first of these is quantity take-off, whereby despite the weighting and cost regulations being altered depending on national and business criteria, there is also significant variation between individuals on this. Secondly, the unit price varies hugely from one quantity surveyor to the next, and a major ambition is to design a constant and adaptable BIM solution [36].…”

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Artificial intelligence assisted professional work in BIM: A machine reasoning extension

Xu¹,

Li²,

Tang³

et al. 2018

Creative Construction Conference 2018 - Proceedings

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A rule based semantic method is utilised as a model and is demonstrated to tackle the problems of analytical processes. The investigation of BIM-based cost estimation confirmed that industry foundation classes (IFC) can provide construction project semantics but incapable of relating domain semantics and pragmatics. Our model provided the rules that three components are necessary to gain a full awareness of the domain which is being computerised; the information type which is to be assessed for compatibility (syntax), the definition for the pricing domain (semantics), and the precise implantation environment for the standards being considered (pragmatics). This paper outlines the way in which the proposed approach has been verified, by employing a selection of codes created by the prototype of the data based model. The standards of practice which have been established are then verified, in accordance with the actual building information gained from IFC. The utilisation of this approach has significantly advanced the procedure of automating professional costing practice within BIM. These justified outcomes demonstrate that, by implementing this model, the reasoning ability can be used by the BIM context and the restrictions around the application of BIM will be reduced. The BIM platform is directly affected by the IFC file that is housed within the ontological structure which has similarities to the Semantic Web and Logic Programming. The adoption of this methodology has greatly advanced the process of automating complex sets of construction standard, allowing the automation of analytical processes. It also outlines the possible connection between machine learning and machine reasoning in order to facilitate wider adoption of computer aided professional practice.

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Section: Proposed Solutionmentioning

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Artificial intelligence assisted professional work in BIM: A machine reasoning extension

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Li²,

Tang³

et al. 2018

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“…In conclusion, there are 13 steps in total for cost estimation [75], each step should repeat this process and 14 potential scenario have been engineered. The norm specifications created are being used as semantic tags to improve the code of practice documents and obtain categories for the cost engine.…”

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A framework for integrating syntax, semantics and pragmatics for computer-aided professional practice: With application of costing in construction industry

Liu

Tang

et al. 2016

Computers in Industry

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Producing a bill of quantity is a knowledge-based, dynamic and collaborative process, and evolves with variances and current evidence. However, within the context of information system practice in BIM, knowledge of cost estimation has not been represented, nor has it been integrated into the processes based on BIM. This paper intends to establish an innovative means of taking data from the BIM linked to a project, and using it to create the necessary items for a bill of quantity that will enable cost estimation to be undertaken for the project. Our framework is founded upon the belief that three components are necessary to gain a full awareness of the domain which is being computerised; the information type which is to be assessed for compatibility (syntax), the definition for the pricing domain (semantics), and the precise implementation environment for the standards being taken into account (pragmatics). In order to achieve this, a prototype is created that allows a cost item for the bill of quantity to be spontaneously generated, by means of the semantic web ontology and a forward chain algorithm. Within this paper, 'cost items' signify the elements included in a bill of quantity, including details of their description, quantity and price. As a means of authenticating the process being developed, the authors of this work effectively implemented it in the production of cost items. In addition, the items created were contrasted with those produced by specialists. For this reason, this innovative framework introduces the possibility of a new means of applying semantic web ontology and forward chain algorithm to construction professional practice resulting in automatic cost estimation. These key outcomes demonstrate that, decoupling the professional practice into three key components of syntax, semantics and pragmatics can provide tangible benefits to domain user.

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“…Semantic Analysis Method (SAM): It assists the identification of ontological dependence on information systems and the generation of ontology charts [8,22,41,50,52,54,61]. For instance, researchers could represent the possible patterns of behaviors in Clinical Pathway and their relationships in an OC, which delineates the boundary of concern in the analysis and defines the meaning of terminology used in the clinical pathway model [60].…”

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“…Norm Analysis Method (NAM): The authors usually use NAM to eliciting and formalizing norms [8,16,18,33,41,42,50,61]. For instance, [60] used NAM to extract and analyze patterns of care activities and informal safety norms that affect patient safety outcomes.…”

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Studies in Organisational Semiotics: A Systematic Literature Review

Santos

Bertãozini

Neris

2016

Socially Aware Organisations and Technologies. Impact and Challenges

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Part 1: Organisational Semiotics: Theory and ResearchInternational audienceOrganizational Semiotics (OS) is a discipline that supports analyzing and modeling organizations as Information Systems (IS). This paper investigates the use of OS theories in studies published in the last five years, aiming to identify how researchers have been employing the OS theory and the current approaches derived from OS. In this sense, we conducted a systematic review in four scientific databases. Starting with an initial set of 91 papers, we selected 53 for this review. The results suggest almost twenty new modeling approaches using OS artifacts and ideas. Moreover, the number of publications has been increasing and publications have occurred in several different journals and conference proceedings

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Applying Organizational Semiotics for Developing Knowledge-Based Cost Estimation of Construction Project

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Artificial intelligence assisted professional work in BIM: A machine reasoning extension

Artificial intelligence assisted professional work in BIM: A machine reasoning extension

A framework for integrating syntax, semantics and pragmatics for computer-aided professional practice: With application of costing in construction industry

Studies in Organisational Semiotics: A Systematic Literature Review

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