We examine how the introduction of computer-mediated communications technologies, such as the Internet, affect design firms. We interviewed a diverse sample of the small but growing number of practitioners from around the world who use the Internet in their day-to-day operations. The interviews...

In this paper the applicability of an artificial neural network for modelling modal choice is examined. Characteristics of transportation modes and of individuals are used as input variables, and the mode selected is the output variable. We applied the network to the Indian city of Guwahati by...

As accidents tend to be multicausal, the interpretation of accident data can be a fairly complex task. Hence it is worth experimenting with innovative procedures in order to extrapolate patterns within such data. Accordingly, records of motorway accidents in northern Italy, stored on statistical...

In order to interpret the current state of a design, designers possess the powerful, spontaneous ability to restructure shapes in terms of emergent subshapes. In this paper a theoretical model of restructuring shapes is presented, one that aims to recognize explicit and implicit emergent...

Telematics applications have been introduced in the transport sector in order to improve the effective use of infrastructure networks, on the one hand, and to optimize the performance of the firm, on the other. In general, there is a lack of micro-based research in analyzing telematics...

This is a report of the dynamic relationship between information technology (IT) and architectural practice. In this report, the attitudes and opinions of practitioners gathered through extensive recorded interviews are summarised, and these are compared with the findings of other studies. The...

In this paper a decision facilitating and advising system (D-FAS), devised to help decisionmakers make quality fire-control preparation decisions in a North Carolina state park, is presented. This domain-specific decision support system provides assistance to decisionmakers that are at different...

The usual method of generating alternative motorway routes involves the use of a shortest route algorithm which is available within most geographic information systems. In this paper an alternative approach is adopted. It involves the combination of a niching type of genetic algorithm with...