This paper offers a review of approaches to the automated creation of input data for building energy simulation. Such data may be obtained by translation of available data from architectural and HVAC models. However, a full energy performance model also requires missing data to be completed. Two criteria for the assessment of the reviewed methods were their level of automation and the completen...

This study aims to improve the accuracy of AASHTO Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) pavement performance predictions for Iowa pavement systems through local calibration of MEPDG prediction models. A total of 130 representative pavement sites across Iowa were selected. The selected pavement sites represent flexible, rigid, and composite pavement systems throughout Iowa. The req...

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The Sonar Performance Prediction System (SPPS) will be introduced. The SPPS is an integrated ocean-acoustic propagation model coupled with a sonar performance prediction model. A stationary sea surveillance sonar consisting of a horizontally nested hydrophone array and a vertical transmitting/ receiving array may be used lo dctcct, localisc and track surface and subsurfacc contacts within its c...

One of the most important collective communication patterns used in scientific applications is the complete exchange, also called All-to-All. Although efficient algorithms have been studied for specific networks, general solutions like those available in well-known MPI distributions (e.g. the MPI Alltoall operation) are strongly influenced by the congestion of network resources. In this paper w...

According to the predictive results of query performance, queries can be rewritten to reduce time cost or rescheduled to the time when the resource is not in contention. As more large RDF datasets appear on the Web recently, predicting performance of SPARQL query processing is one major challenge in managing a large RDF dataset efficiently. In this paper, we focus on representing SPARQL queries...

The goal of IT governance is not only to achieve internal efficiency in an IT organization, but also to support IT’s role as a business enabler. The latter is here denoted IT governance performance, and cannot be controlled by IT management directly. Their realm of control includes IT governance maturity, indicated by e.g. different IT activities, documents, metrics and roles. Current IT govern...

A procedure is presented for simulating thesequential impoundment process of concrete-faced rockfilldam using nonlinear finite element method. The parametersof constitutive relationship of stress and strain aredetermined by tri-dimensional compression test inlaboratory. The model applied in this study adopts thetechnique of element birth and death to simulate thesequ...

objective: the aim of the present study was to evaluate artificial insemination techniques on reproductive performance in ghezel ewes synchronized with cidr during breeding season. methods: all ewes were treated with controlled internal drug release device (cidr) inserted into the vagina of the ewes for 14 days. all ewes were treated a single intramuscular (im) dose of pmsg was injected. in thi...

As the salaries of baseball players continue to skyrocket and with the ever-increasing popularity of fantasy baseball, the desire for more accurate predictions of players’ future performances is building both for baseball executives and baseball fans. While most existing work in performance prediction uses purely statistical methods, this thesis showcases research in combining multiple machine ...