Despite much progress, it remains challenging to develop new visualization systems, predict their qualities, and understand design trade-offs. We propose an empirical framework for Information Visualization (InfoVis) theories consisting of a context space, a visualization space, visualization metrics, and visualization principles. Using this framework, we identify 5 possible steps to advance In...

At present, reducing subgrade settlement of soft soil foundation is a key problem in high-speed railway construction. Pile-slab structure is a widely-utilized form of foundation structure to reduce the subgrade settlement in China. In order to save the engineering cost for high-speed railway construction in developing countries, the author developed a pile-slab structure and named it as the new...

Free vibration characteristics of continuous grading fiber orientation (CGFO) beams resting on variable Winkler and two-parameter elastic foundations have been studied. The beam is under different boundary conditions and assumed to have arbitrary variations of fiber orientation in the thickness direction. The governing differential equations for beam vibration are being solved using Generalized...

The goal of this paper is to lay a foundation for rigorous empirical software engineering. I do this by introducing several theories and their models. I first present an abstract theory TM about theories and models and related processes. I then apply TM to itself, yielding MTM, a theory and model about TM. These two theories provide a unified approach to design disciplines. I then provide 4 mod...

This paper presents procedural guidance for performing activities of creative problem-solving within systems engineering. We have applied this method in four case studies in different domains, slightly varying the techniques applied. This paper describes the experience gained and gives recommendations. Furthermore, the procedure integrates itself seamlessly into an overall systems development f...

The goal of this keynote paper is to argue for a unifying theoretical foundation for software engineering. I believe that one of the reasons for our lack of rigor compared to physical and behavioral sciences is that we have not given enough attention to the theories that underpin our work, both as software engineers and as software engineering researchers. I present my general theory about soft...

Many of the important developments in the field of foundation engineering have been addressed in Géotech-nique papers over the past 60 years. This paper briefly reviews some of these developments and related articles, particularly with respect to shallow and deep foundations. In the early days of Géotechnique, the power to perform sophisticated numerical analyses did not exist. Papers tended to...