Automated CPT interpretation and modelling in a BIM/Digital Twin environment

Following up on previous research on Automated Parameter Determination (APD), in which the soil stratification and numerical model parameters are automatically derived from individual CPTs, this article describes ongoing research in which the geotechnical modelling workflow is further automated in a BIM / Digital Twin environment. Especially in...

The effect of pick-up point location on fibre angle devation in Non-Crimp Fabrics

For pick-and-place processes to become widely implemented in industry a consistent and acceptable product quality needs to be achieved. One important quality criterion is the fiber angle deviations in the reinforcement. Handling a reinforcement will subject it to forces due to e.g. gravity and accelerations. These forces can result in in-plane...

Do as i Do, Not as i Say: Do Contribution Guidelines Match the GitHub Contribution Process?

Developer contribution guidelines are used in social coding sites like GitHub to explain and shape the process a project expects contributors to follow. They set standards for all participants and 'save time and hassle caused by improperly created pull requests or issues that have to be rejected and re-submitted' (GitHub). Yet, we lack a...

Java Unit Testing Tool Competition - Seventh Round

We report on the results of the seventh edition of the JUnit tool competition. This year, four tools were executed on a benchmark with (i) new classes, selected from real-world software projects, and (ii) challenging classes from the previous edition. We use Randoop and manual test suites from the projects as baselines. Given the interesting...

Automation in sensing and raw material characterization - A conceptual framework

The use of sensor technologies for material characterization is rapidly growing and innovative advancement is observed. However, the use of sensor combinations for a raw material characterization in mining is very limited and automation of the material identification process using a combined sensor signal is not defined. Potential sensor...

Agent-based Modeling Automated: Data-driven Generation of Innovation Diffusion Models

Simulation modeling is useful to gain insights into driving mechanisms of diffusion of innovations. This study aims to introduce automation to make identification of such mechanisms with agent-based simulation modeling less costly in time and labor. We present a novel automation procedure in which the generation of diffusion models is automated....

An MDO advisory system supported by knowledge-based technologies

Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) can aid designers to improve already mature design solutions, as well as to explore innovative, complex engineering products. It is a methodology, complete with mathematical formulations, that assists in the optimization of a complex product, whilst considering and exploiting discipline interactions....

Human Factors of Automated Driving: Predicting the Effects of Authority Transitions on Traffic Flow Efficiency

Automated driving potentially has a significant impact on traffic flow efficiency. Automated vehicles, which possess cooperative capabilities, are expected to reduce congestion levels for instance by increasing road capacity, by anticipating traffic conditions further downstream and also by accelerating the clearance of congestion. However, the...

Human factors of automated driving: Towards predicting the effects of authority transitions on traffic flow efficiency

Packing Optimization for Digital Fabrication

We present a design-computation method of design-to-production automation and optimization in digital fabrication; an algorithmic process minimizing material use, reducing fabrication time and improving production costs of complex architectural form. Our system compacts structural elements of variable dimensions within fixed-size sheets of stock...

Automated cartographic generalization in Italy

Automated cartographic generalization has been a challenging research field for over 30 years; nowadays thanks to the continuous research is becoming a concrete opportunity to increase the speed of map sets production and maintenance. As some National mapping agencies are working in this direction, in Italy automated cartographic generalization...

A learning Dempster-Shafer model for automated building detection

This paper presents a learning Dempster-Shafer model for the detection of buildings in aerial image and range data. The process of evidence assignment in the Dempster-Shafer method is implemented through membership functions in an adaptive network-based fuzzy inference system, where a back propagation learning rule is employed to tune the...

Automatic registration of terrestrial point cloud using panoramic reflectance images

Much attention is paid to registration of terrestrial point clouds nowadays. Research is carried out towards improved efficiency and automation of the registration process. This paper reports a new approach for point clouds registration utilizing reflectance panoramic images. The approach follows a two-step procedure: pair-wise registration and...

A comparison of Bayesian and evidence-based fusion methods for automated building detection in aerial data

Automated approaches to building detection are of great importance in a number of different applications including map updating and monitoring of informal settlements. With the availability of multi-source aerial data in recent years, data fusion approaches to automated building detection have become more popular. In this paper, two data fusion...

Extending generalized hough transform to detect 3D objects in laser range data

Automated detection and 3D modelling of objects in laser range data is of great importance in many applications. Existing approaches to object detection in range data are limited to either 2.5D data (e.g. range images) or simple objects with a parametric form (e.g. spheres). This paper describes a new approach to the detection of 3D objects with...

A model for cooperation between humans and intelligent systems

The applicabillity of an adaptive human-machine interface in the cockpit

Human machine aspects of arrivals management in future air navigation environments