Presidential Young Investigator Award: An Environment for Automated Design Standards Usage

该项目的研究计划是开发一个面向对象的建筑模型，该模型代表了建筑的物理组成部分；系统：这些物理物体所组成的功能和空间系统；为构造这些组件而执行的任务，这些任务的时间安排，以及这些组件和任务之间的关系（设计意图）。虽然最初的重点是建筑建模，但这里开发的许多概念同样适用于其他设计实体，例如轨道车辆。这样的建模环境将提供一个信息丰富且灵活的基础，在此基础上可以构建用于设计、设计验证和施工管理的智能工具。

The research plan for this project is to develop an object-oriented model of a building that represents the physical components of the building; the functional and spatial systems of which these physical objects are a part; the tasks performed to construct these components, the timing of these tasks, and the relationships between these components and tasks (design intent). Although the initial focus is on building modelling, many of the concepts developed here will be equally applicable to other designed entities, such as railcars. Such a modelling environment will provide an information-rich and flexible foundation on top of which intelligent tools for design, design verification, and construction management can be built.