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Similarity assessment in a case‐based reasoning framework for building envelope design

Serban Iliescu (Centre for Building Studies, Department of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada)
Paul Fazio (Centre for Building Studies, Department of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada)
Krishnan Gowri (Batelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratories, Richland, Washington, USA)

Logistics Information Management

ISSN: 0957-6053

Article publication date: 1 December 2001

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Abstract

An important part of the knowledge required for designing the envelope of a new building is based on experience. Confronted with a building envelope design problem, a human expert adds to well‐established domain knowledge his/her own experience or the experience of others, to support his/her reasoning process, and to guide him/her in stereotypical situations. Based on that observation, we can conclude that the building envelope design fits well the description associated with the so‐called “weak theory domains”, and is a prime candidate for adopting a case‐based reasoning (CBR) approach. Proposes strategies to encode, organize, and compare prototypical building envelope cases within a CBR framework for selecting the construction alternatives during the preliminary stage of the building envelope design. The methodology presented aims to find the most suitable design alternative for a new building envelope from a library of prototypical building cases.

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Iliescu, S., Fazio, P. and Gowri, K. (2001), "Similarity assessment in a case‐based reasoning framework for building envelope design", Logistics Information Management, Vol. 14 No. 5/6, pp. 376-386. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000006249

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