Comparative analysis of the applicability of BIM query languages for energy analysis

Paper no. 036A range of query languages have been used or developed to query partial information from Building Information Model (BIM)-based databases and files in recent decades. This paper aims to investigate the applicability of existing BIM query languages to extract necessary information from BIMs for energy analysis. A total of 16 query languages categorized into two groups, namely programming or generic query language, and domain specific query language, are summarized through extensive literature review. The key requirements of BIM data query for energy analysis are also developed, which include MVD based query support, custom query support, and easiness to construct queries. Taking these requirements as the criteria, the applicability of the 16 query languages is compared and analyzed. This paper then proposes some suggestions for developing effective and efficient building information query mechanisms for energy analysis.postprin

From the Complete Yang Model to Snyder's Model, de Sitter Special Relativity and Their Duality

By means of Dirac procedure, we re-examine Yang's quantized space-time model, its relation to Snyder's model, the de Sitter special relativity and their UV-IR duality. Starting from a dimensionless dS_5-space in a 5+1-d Mink-space a complete Yang model at both classical and quantum level can be presented and there really exist Snyder's model, the dS special relativity and the duality.Comment: 7 papge

Fidelity, dynamic structure factor, and susceptibility in critical phenomena

Motivated by the growing importance of fidelity in quantum critical phenomena, we establish a general relation between fidelity and structure factor of the driving term in a Hamiltonian through a newly introduced concept: fidelity susceptibility. Our discovery, as shown by some examples, facilitates the evaluation of fidelity in terms of susceptibility using well developed techniques such as density matrix renormalization group for the ground state, or Monte Carlo simulations for the states in thermal equilibrium.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, final version accepted by PR