Publisher's Synopsis
This collection of 34 technical papers discusses state-of-the-art information technologies that are being applied to civil engineering design, resource and materials management, construction, supply chain management, and education and training. Topics include: concurrent/collaborative engineering; adaptive simulation techniques; intelligent databases; decision support systems; product and process modelling; evolutionary computing/stochastic search; artificial neural networks; intelligent agents; user interface technologies/human-computer interaction; visualization; industry case studies and experience; networks and communication technologies; case based reasoning; knowledge acquisition; management; and representation. These papers were presented at the International Workshop on Information Technology in Civil Engineering, a specialty workshop of the ASCE Civil Engineering Conference and Exposition, held November 3-7, 2002, in Washington, DC.
