Zhang, Zijing;
Nisbet, Nicholas;
Ma, Ling;
Broyd, Tim;
(2023)
Capabilities of rule representations for automated compliance checking in healthcare buildings.
Automation in Construction
, 146
, Article 104688. 10.1016/j.autcon.2022.104688.
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Abstract
A suitable rule representation is essential to enable automated compliance checking of building design. It encapsulates engineering knowledge and facilitates an adequate interpretation of design standards. However, existing methods have achieved limited capabilities to represent rules for automated compliance checking. Thus, they merely worked for limited types of rules. This paper aims to identify capabilities needed for rule representation by using healthcare design regulations as an example. It can serve as a foundation for developing rule engines and compliance-checking systems in the future. A four-step process was used to systematically analyse six healthcare building regulations in rule-oriented and implementation aspects. The results showed 18 capabilities for healthcare rule representation, where 16 are required, and two are desirable. This research is valuable to researchers and practitioners by providing a checklist for future representation development and criteria for assessing rule representation methods.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Capabilities of rule representations for automated compliance checking in healthcare buildings |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.autcon.2022.104688 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2022.104688 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third-party material in this article are included in the Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | Automated compliance checking, Knowledge representation, Healthcare building design, Building regulations |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10161221 |
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