scholarly journals THE RECONSTRUCTION OF A DYNAMIC INVENTORY MODEL TOWARD SHARED HBIM LIBRARIES FOR VAULTED SYSTEMS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dario Attico ◽  
Anna Turrina
Keyword(s):  
Inventory Model ◽  
Traditional Practice ◽  
Modern Approach ◽  
Levels Of Detail ◽  
Historical Factors ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Targeted Library ◽  
Different Levels

The complexity and variety of solutions in the domain of cultural heritage are the result of a heterogeneous network of social and historical factors generating them. Each individual architectural object, including not only notorious typologies but little-known construction systems such as brick vaults, are generated by a specific social and physical framework. The richness of vaulted systems stresses the need for an in-depth investigation supported by informative models connected in a single geo-spatial platform. The paper describes a methodological workflow starting from an abacus of vaults, based on different Levels of Detail and Information, to populate a geo-spatial database. Focusing on the acquisition of an open and shared database of historical elements, the definition of a HBIM targeted Library, integrating different types of data in one dynamic model, requires the management of different Levels of Detail and guidelines to establish a correct hierarchy of information. The proposed study can be considered a modern approach to the traditional practice of Répertoires, to set up a methodology that could be applied indifferently and widely, regardless of how the model is built. The diverse vaulted systems of Palazzo Magio Grasselli provide the possibility to build an inventory model as a result of multiple informative models coming from different geographical backgrounds to solve critical issues such as data loss and to enhance knowledge dissemination.

scholarly journals Environmental, economic and socio-institutional context of the sustainability index: Evidence from Italy

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1, Special Issue) ◽  
pp. 355-369
Author(s):  
Maria Annunziata Longo ◽  
Paolo Tenuta
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Economic ◽  
Spatial Decision Support System ◽  
Spatial Decision Support ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Concrete Case ◽  
Sustainability Index ◽  
Levels Of Detail ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Sustainable Irrigation ◽  
Different Levels

The aim of this study is to define a methodology for assessing sustainability at different levels of detail. For the definition of the conditions of sustainability, the approach known as the triple bottom line was used. The study developed concerns the identification of a set of environmental, economic, and socio-institutional indicators and the elaboration of the same in a synthetic analysis index, organized in a hierarchical structure. An index for measuring irrigation sustainability has been built. This index, called the Sustainable Irrigation Index (SII), allows monitoring and assessment of the sustainability of irrigation activities and policies, at various territorial analysis scales, varying from the regional to the agricultural company. We proceeded with the creation of a multi-criteria spatial decision support system (GIS-based). The implementation of the index took place using the GIS IDRISI software. Finally, the index was applied to the concrete case of a Province of the Calabria region

Product Architecture Definition and Analysis Using Matrix-Based Multiple-Domain Approaches

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Deubzer ◽  
Udo Lindemann
Keyword(s):  
Solution Space ◽  
Levels Of Abstraction ◽  
Component Level ◽  
Design Synthesis ◽  
Levels Of Detail ◽  
Functional Product ◽  
Innovative Solutions ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Multiple Domain

Design Synthesis is most commonly supported by creativity methods based on functional product representations. As the design of a new product is in most cases following a predecessor, designers do not start from scratch. The mentioned circumstances enable the support of design synthesis by application of design rules or grammars. The use of rules by automated algorithms allows for the systematical derivation of variations of a product. Algorithms are meant to enable innovative solutions by recommending a great variety of variants to give the designers new impulses for product design. As a downside, the rules for the algorithms have to be described in advance, and thus are inheriting known components and functional structures. The identification of potentials and constraints for improvement of a product’s architecture requires detailed analysis. New solutions are often depending on novelties on different levels of abstraction (for example system, subsystem or component level). Algorithmic procedures usually are not able to allow for this comprehensive task. Thus, automatized mechanisms can only deliver limited innovative solutions. Common methods for the definition of innovative solutions, such as functional modeling methods, the TRIZ methodology, or the Morphological Matrix require accompanying analysis and the fixation onto one level of detail as well. To solve this dilemma, we propose an approach combining powerful analysis methods, required for the identification of potentials and constraints within product architectures on the one hand and the systematic definition of new solutions by systematic and partially automatized methods on the other hand. Exhaustive literature research has pointed out several methods, whose application can benefit a comprehensive approach. Amongst them is the definition of functional models, design synthesis by automatized system definition as well as the analysis of product architectures by the use of Design Structure Matrix and Multiple-Domain Matrix Approaches. The proposed approach should allow for the support of radical innovations by considering the overall product structure. Goal of the approach is the consideration of different levels of detail and the analysis of a comprehensive solution space compared to the definition of discrete solutions delivered by common methods. As a result, the approach is applied to different products on different levels of detail and the publication points out the potential and outcome: the systematic definition of a comprehensive solution space, new solutions as a result of comparison and evaluation of the solution space, the widening of the solution space, and a comprehensive evaluation of results.

scholarly journals REVERSE INFORMATION MODELING FOR HISTORIC ARTEFACTS: TOWARDS THE DEFINITION OF A LEVEL OF ACCURACY FOR RUINED HERITAGE

2018 ◽  
Vol XLII-2 ◽  
pp. 1007-1014 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Santagati ◽  
M. Lo Turco ◽  
R. Garozzo
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Information Modeling ◽  
Public Works ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Historical Architecture ◽  
Historical Heritage ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Church

In recent years, there has been an increasing attention towards the use of the BIM (Building Information Modeling) approach in the cultural heritage domain. The stringent regulatory requirements in terms of BIM adoption in the field of public works in the short term will also have an impact on the historical heritage that characterises most European cities. However, when it comes to historical architecture, especially if it is in a state of ruin/abandonment, several critical issues arise. The first issue concerns the geometric simplification of architectural components provided by common commercial BIM platforms, that leads to search for other solutions. Another theme is the software interoperability, when sharing data between different platforms in order to enrich the digital model with not geometric information. Therefore, this research explores the concept of model tolerance and level of accuracy referring to a very complex architectural building. As case of study the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in ancient Misterbianco (Sicily) has been chosen. The church was covered by the Etna eruption of 1669 and was recently brought to light during the excavations carried out by the Superintendence to Cultural Heritage of Catania. The state of decay of the church (warped floor, curved and out of lead walls, deteriorated altars and undamaged surfaces) makes it an excellent test bench on which to explore all the emerged criticalities, set up a feasible workflow and define a Level of Accuracy for complex or ruined architectural heritage.

ABCDL: AN ACTOR-BASED CONCURRENT DISTRIBUTED LANGUAGE

1994 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
pp. 61-78
Author(s):  
GIOVANNI ADORNI ◽  
AGOSTINO POGGI
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Object Oriented ◽  
Distributed Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Distributed Object ◽  
Levels Of Detail ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Distributed Behavior ◽  
Distributed Language ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Artificial Intelligence Systems

In this paper, we present a distributed object-oriented language, ABCDL, which has proved to be a suitable tool for the definition and implementation of distributed artificial intelligence systems. ABCDL is based on two different entities: actors and channels. An actor is a computational entity which performs some actions in response to incoming communications. An actor can also display a distributed behavior. In this case, it is composed of a set of other actors (distributed or not) synchronized by channels. A channel is a synchronization entity which sends a message to an (output) actor on the basis of the messages received from a set of (input) actors. The sending of this message does not depend only on the receipt of the input messages, but also on their contents. ABCDL permits the integration between hierarchical and distributed descriptions, allowing the definition of models at different levels of detail and abstraction. The separation between computation (managed by sequential actors) and synchronization (managed by channels) permits the user to obtain descriptions which offer good readability and good reusability of its sub-parts. Examples of the use of the language are discussed through the paper.

Development and Evaluation of Fuzzy Criteria for the Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis

1996 ◽  
Vol 35 (04/05) ◽  
pp. 334-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.-P. Adlassnig ◽  
G. Kolarz ◽  
H. Leitich
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Reference Model ◽  
American Rheumatism Association ◽  
Uniform Definition ◽  
Sensitivity Rate ◽  
Fuzzy Techniques ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Specificity Rate

Abstract:In 1987, the American Rheumatism Association issued a set of criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to provide a uniform definition of RA patients. Fuzzy set theory and fuzzy logic were used to transform this set of criteria into a diagnostic tool that offers diagnoses at different levels of confidence: a definite level, which was consistent with the original criteria definition, as well as several possible and superdefinite levels. Two fuzzy models and a reference model which provided results at a definite level only were applied to 292 clinical cases from a hospital for rheumatic diseases. At the definite level, all models yielded a sensitivity rate of 72.6% and a specificity rate of 87.0%. Sensitivity and specificity rates at the possible levels ranged from 73.3% to 85.6% and from 83.6% to 87.0%. At the superdefinite levels, sensitivity rates ranged from 39.0% to 63.7% and specificity rates from 90.4% to 95.2%. Fuzzy techniques were helpful to add flexibility to preexisting diagnostic criteria in order to obtain diagnoses at the desired level of confidence.

Ways and Voices in the Psychoanalysis of Links According to Enrique Pichon-Rivière

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosa Jaitin
Keyword(s):  
Couple Therapy ◽  
Clinical Observation ◽  
Clinical Work ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Social ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Voice ◽  
Different Levels

This article covers several stages of the work of Pichon-Rivière. In the 1950s he introduced the hypothesis of "the link as a four way relationship" (of reciprocal love and hate) between the baby and the mother. Clinical work with psychosis and psychosomatic disorders prompted him to examine how mental illness arises; its areas of expression, the degree of symbolisation, and the different fields of clinical observation. From the 1960s onwards, his experience with groups and families led him to explore a second path leading to "the voices of the link"—the voice of the internal family sub-group, and the place of the social and cultural voice where the link develops. This brought him to the definition of the link as a "bi-corporal and tri-personal structure". The author brings together the different levels of the analysis of the link, using as a clinical example the process of a psychoanalytic couple therapy with second generation descendants of a genocide within the limits of the transferential and countertransferential field. Body language (the core of the transgenerational link) and the couple's absences and presence during sessions create a rhythm that gives rise to an illusion, ultimately transforming the intersubjective link between the partners in the couple and with the analyst.

The specifics of mergers and acquisitions of innovative and technological companies

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 1186-1204
Author(s):  
A.V. Fedorov ◽  
Zh.S. Peredera
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technology ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Methodological Framework ◽  
Comparison Study ◽  
Technology Sector ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Innovation And Technology ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Traditional Approaches

Subject. The article reviews distinctions of M&A deals in innovation and technology. Objectives. We determine the specifics of innovative and technological companies and its impact on the synergy, process, finance, valuation of M&A deals. Methods. The article employs methods of generalization, comprehensive analysis, systematization, specification, comparison, study into trends and the structure. Graphics and tables are used to display the findings. Results. We conducted the content analysis of the term Mergers & Acquisitions, thus finding the divergence of foreign and the Russian approaches. We provide our own definition of the concept and analyzed the dynamics of the overall M&A market and the innovation and technological sector. The article describes operational distinctions of innovative and technological companies and compares them with conventional sectors. The article determined the specifics of synergy, process, finance, valuation of M&A deals in innovation and technology. Conclusions and Relevance. The innovation and technology sector saw M&A deals become more frequent for the recent five years. What distinguishes them is the number of startups and infant businesses, large M&A deals in order to develop their ecosystems, involve digital technology companies. Traditional approaches should be adapted for structuring M&A deals, their arrangement, financing and valuation of target companies. The findings can lay the groundwork for further studies into the specifics of the innovation and technology sector, M&A deals, and set up the methodological framework for the valuation of innovative and technological companies. The findings can also immediately support parties of M&A deals from theoretical perspectives.

Developing capital accounting practices in the integrated reporting system of agricultural organizations

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 906-921
Author(s):  
R.A. Alborov ◽  
S.M. Kontsevaya ◽  
S.V. Kozmenkova
Keyword(s):  
Original Method ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Integrated Reporting ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
Agricultural Organizations ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Methodological Aspects ◽  
Agricultural Organization

Subject. This article deals with the theory-and practice-relevant issues of classification and content definition of different types of capital used as sources of operations financing, and recommendations for developing their accounting in agricultural organizations. Objectives. The article aims to substantiate the organizational and methodological aspects of capital accounting development to generate information on value reserve and creation of value as new in the organization's integrated reporting. The article also aims to define the classification and content of capital types as sources of financing for the organization's activities and develop recommendations for developing the accounting of the availability, increase, reduction or transformation of the relevant types of capital in the organization's business activities. Methods. For the study, we used the methods of analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, analogy, and comparison. The scientific works of domestic specialists and regulations, including the International Standard on Integrated Reporting (IR) are the methodological basis of this work. Results. The article defines conceptual provisions and offers practical recommendations on the set-up and development of capital flow accounting in the corporate governance system of the agricultural organization. It clarifies the classification and economic content of capital as a source of funding for the organization's reproduction activities. The article also offers an original method of accounting for the value reserve (balances) and capital changes. Conclusions and Relevance. The practical application of the developed recommendations for value accounting and capital changes will help generate all the necessary information in the integrated reporting of the agricultural organization to assess its reserves of value, create value as new, economic, environmental, and social efficiency of the organization's activities. The results of the study can be used to develop the theory, methodology and techniques of accounting of capital types as sources of financing of value creation as a result of the agricultural organization's business activities.

Development of a Simulation-Based Process Chain – Strategy for Different Levels of Detail for the Preprocessing Definitions

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 135-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toni A. Krol ◽  
Sebastian Westhäuser ◽  
M. F. Zäh ◽  
Johannes Schilp ◽  
G. Groth
Keyword(s):  
Process Chain ◽  
Levels Of Detail ◽  
Simulation Based ◽  
Different Levels

The Rise of Partnerships: From Local to Global

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Gray ◽  
Jill Purdy
Keyword(s):  
Nongovernmental Organizations ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Civic Society ◽  
Robust Solutions ◽  
Essential Components ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Societal Problems ◽  
Shared Norms ◽  
Multistakeholder Partnerships

Multistakeholder partnerships (MSPs) are formed to tackle knotty societal problems, promote innovation, provide public services, expand governance capabilities, set standards for a field, or resolve conflicts that impede progress on critical issues. Partnerships are viewed as collaboration among four types of stakeholders: businesses, governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and civic society. The objective of collaboration is to create a richer, more comprehensive appreciation of the iss/problem than any of the partners could construct alone by viewing it from the perspectives of all the stakeholders and designing robust solutions. Such partnerships are necessary because few organizations contain sufficient knowledge and resources to fully analyze issues and take action on them unilaterally. Five essential components of a rigorous definition of collaboration are presented: interdependence among partners, emergence of shared norms, wrestling with differences, respect for different competencies, and assuming joint responsibility for outcomes. Several examples of MSPs are provided.

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