149 research outputs found
A Bayesian-Based Approach for Public Sentiment Modeling
Public sentiment is a direct public-centric indicator for the success of
effective action planning. Despite its importance, systematic modeling of
public sentiment remains untapped in previous studies. This research aims to
develop a Bayesian-based approach for quantitative public sentiment modeling,
which is capable of incorporating uncertainty and guiding the selection of
public sentiment measures. This study comprises three steps: (1) quantifying
prior sentiment information and new sentiment observations with Dirichlet
distribution and multinomial distribution respectively; (2) deriving the
posterior distribution of sentiment probabilities through incorporating the
Dirichlet distribution and multinomial distribution via Bayesian inference; and
(3) measuring public sentiment through aggregating sampled sets of sentiment
probabilities with an application-based measure. A case study on Hurricane
Harvey is provided to demonstrate the feasibility and applicability of the
proposed approach. The developed approach also has the potential to be
generalized to model various types of probability-based measures
Enhanced Welding Operator Quality Performance Measurement: Work Experience-Integrated Bayesian Prior Determination
Measurement of operator quality performance has been challenging in the
construction fabrication industry. Among various causes, the learning effect is
a significant factor, which needs to be incorporated in achieving a reliable
operator quality performance analysis. This research aims to enhance a
previously developed operator quality performance measurement approach by
incorporating the learning effect (i.e., work experience). To achieve this
goal, the Plateau learning model is selected to quantitatively represent the
relationship between quality performance and work experience through a
beta-binomial regression approach. Based on this relationship, an informative
prior determination approach, which incorporates operator work experience
information, is developed to enhance the previous Bayesian-based operator
quality performance measurement. Academically, this research provides a
systematic approach to derive Bayesian informative priors through integrating
multi-source information. Practically, the proposed approach reliably measures
operator quality performance in fabrication quality control processes.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables, i3CE 201
Enhanced Input Modeling for Construction Simulation using Bayesian Deep Neural Networks
This paper aims to propose a novel deep learning-integrated framework for
deriving reliable simulation input models through incorporating multi-source
information. The framework sources and extracts multisource data generated from
construction operations, which provides rich information for input modeling.
The framework implements Bayesian deep neural networks to facilitate the
purpose of incorporating richer information in input modeling. A case study on
road paving operation is performed to test the feasibility and applicability of
the proposed framework. Overall, this research enhances input modeling by
deriving detailed input models, thereby, augmenting the decision-making
processes in construction operations. This research also sheds lights on
prompting data-driven simulation through incorporating machine learning
techniques
Automated Integration of Infrastructure Component Status for Real-Time Restoration Progress Control: Case Study of Highway System in Hurricane Harvey
Following extreme events, efficient restoration of infrastructure systems is
critical to sustaining community lifelines. During the process, effective
monitoring and control of the infrastructure restoration progress is critical.
This research proposes a systematic approach that automatically integrates
component-level restoration status to achieve real-time forecasting of overall
infrastructure restoration progress. In this research, the approach is mainly
designed for transportation infrastructure restoration following Hurricane
Harvey. In detail, the component-level restoration status is linked to the
restoration progress forecasting through network modeling and earned value
method. Once the new component restoration status is collected, the information
is automatically integrated to update the overall restoration progress
forecasting. Academically, an approach is proposed to automatically transform
the component-level restoration information to overall restoration progress. In
practice, the approach expects to ease the communication and coordination
efforts between emergency managers, thereby facilitating timely identification
and resolution of issues for rapid infrastructure restoration
Enhanced Welding Operator Quality Performance Measurement: Work Experience-Integrated Bayesian Prior Determination
Measurement of operator quality performance has been challenging in the
construction fabrication industry. Among various causes, the learning effect is
a significant factor, which needs to be incorporated in achieving a reliable
operator quality performance analysis. This research aims to enhance a
previously developed operator quality performance measurement approach by
incorporating the learning effect (i.e., work experience). To achieve this
goal, the Plateau learning model is selected to quantitatively represent the
relationship between quality performance and work experience through a
beta-binomial regression approach. Based on this relationship, an informative
prior determination approach, which incorporates operator work experience
information, is developed to enhance the previous Bayesian-based operator
quality performance measurement. Academically, this research provides a
systematic approach to derive Bayesian informative priors through integrating
multi-source information. Practically, the proposed approach reliably measures
operator quality performance in fabrication quality control processes.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables, i3CE 201
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