Computing in Civil Engineering

Proceedings of the International Workshop on Information Technology in Civil Engineering, held in Washington, D.C., November 3-7, 2002. This collection of 34 technical papers discusses state-of-the-art information technologies that are being applied to civil engineering design, resource and materials management, construction, supply chain management, and education and training. Topics include: concurrent/collaborative engineering; adaptive simulation techniques; intelligent databases; decision support systems; product and process modeling; evolutionary computing/stochastic search; artificial neural networks; intelligent agents; user interface technologies/human-computer interaction; visualization; industry case studies and experience; networks and communication technologies; case based reasoning; knowledge acquisition; management; and representation.