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Anani-Manyo, Nina K. "Computer Vision and Building Envelopes." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1619539038754026.
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Broun, A. "Autonomous model building using vision and manipulation." Thesis, University of the West of England, Bristol, 2016. http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/25851/.
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It is often the case that robotic systems require models, in order to successfully control themselves, and to interact with the world. Models take many forms and include kinematic models to plan motions, dynamics models to understand the interaction of forces, and models of 3D geometry to check for collisions, to name but a few. Traditionally, models are provided to the robotic system by the designers that build the system. However, for long-term autonomy it becomes important for the robot to be able to build and maintain models of itself, and of objects it might encounter. In this thesis, the argument for enabling robotic systems to autonomously build models is advanced and explored. The main contribution of this research is to show how a layered approach can be taken to building models. Thus a robot, starting with a limited amount of information, can autonomously build a number of models, including a kinematic model, which describes the robot’s body, and allows it to plan and perform future movements. Key to the incremental, autonomous approach is the use of exploratory actions. These are actions that the robot can perform in order to gain some more information, either about itself, or about an object with which it is interacting. A method is then presented whereby a robot, after being powered on, can home its joints using just vision, i.e. traditional methods such as absolute encoders, or limit switches are not required. The ability to interact with objects in order to extract information is one of the main advantages that a robotic system has over a purely passive system, when attempting to learn about or build models of objects. In light of this, the next contribution of this research is to look beyond the robot’s body and to present methods with which a robot can autonomously build models of objects in the world around it. The first class of objects examined are flat pack cardboard boxes, a class of articulated objects with a number of interesting properties. It is shown how exploratory actions can be used to build a model of a flat pack cardboard box and to locate any hinges the box may have. Specifically, it is shown how when interacting with an object, a robot can combine haptic feedback from force sensors, with visual feedback from a camera to get more information from an object than would be possible using just a single sensor modality. The final contribution of this research is to present a series of exploratory actions for a robotic text reading system that allow text to be found and read from an object. The text reading system highlights how models of objects can take many forms, from a representation of their physical extents, to the text that is written on them.
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Larsson, Jimmy. "Viking Future Centre : Vision om en identitetsbyggnad i Göteborg." Thesis, Jönköping University, JTH, Civil Engineering, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-6659.
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<p>This thesis project is a vision of an identity building in Gothenburg, situated on the pier called Bananpiren. The purpose of the project is to create interest and stimulate discussions around the place and the building.In order to gain inspiration of what such a place can contain and express, a number of similar projects have been analysed, for example the Sydney Opera and the Yokohama International Port Terminal.A number of suggestions was then created and analysed, all of which are presented in chronological order in order to show the rejections and the developed designs that resulted in the final formation to proceed with.The result was finalised in a number of presentation images of the project that can be used by Cullbergs Arkitektkontor AB when presenting the project.</p><br><p>Examensarbetet är en vision till en identitetsbyggnad i Göteborg belägen på Bananpiren. Idén med projektet är att väcka intresse och skapa diskussion över platsen och byggnaden.För att få inspiration över vad en sådan här plats kan innehålla och förmedla har liknade projekt analyserats, till exempel Sydneyoperan och Yokohama international port terminal.Under genomförandet har en mängd förslag testats och analyserats, här redovisas i kronologisk ordning hur de olika förslagen har utvecklats eller förkastats innan vi kom fram till en slutlig utformning att jobba vidare på.Resultatet ledde till att Cullbergs Arkitektkontor AB fick en mängd presentationsbilder över projektet som de kan använda sig av i presentationer av projektet.</p>
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Alnestig, Henrik. "On the Feasibility of Low Cost Computer Vision : Building and Testing SimpleEye." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för innovation, design och teknik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-29363.
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This thesis explores a novel approach to the computer vision eld in the form of lowcost computer vision intended for industrial use. The system proposed in this thesis, calledSimpleEye, is implemented and tested against an existing system. Dierent approachesto object detection and data extraction from a scene, as well as common applications ofcomputer vision in the industry, are examined. Three algorithms are implemented, aimedat dierent industrial applications. These are two types of object recognition, using CannyEdge detection and connected-component labeling, as well as barcode scanning. The tests,each targeting one of the implemented approaches, show promising results for low costcomputer vision. While the system is expectedly lacking in speed, it has no diculties inachieving good result in applications which are not highly time critical. SimpleEye yieldedaccuracy and precision comparable to commercial systems, with parts costing approximately100 USD. The tests show that the system is able to function in several computer visionapplications used today, including visual servoing, blob detection, blob tracking, and barcodescanning.
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Lee, Chun-Fan Computer Science & Engineering Faculty of Engineering UNSW. "Towards topological mapping with vision-based simultaneous localization and map building." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. Computer Science & Engineering, 2008. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/41551.
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Although the theory of Simultaneous Localization and Map Building (SLAM) is well developed, there are many challenges to overcome when incorporating vision sensors into SLAM systems. Visual sensors have different properties when compared to range finding sensors and therefore require different considerations. Existing vision-based SLAM algorithms extract point landmarks, which are required for SLAM algorithms such as the Kalman filter. Under this restriction, the types of image features that can be used are limited and the full advantages of vision not realized. This thesis examines the theoretical formulation of the SLAM problem and the characteristics of visual information in the SLAM domain. It also examines different representations of uncertainty, features and environments. It identifies the necessity to develop a suitable framework for vision-based SLAM systems and proposes a framework called VisionSLAM, which utilizes an appearance-based landmark representation and topological map structure to model metric relations between landmarks. A set of Haar feature filters are used to extract image structure statistics, which are robust against illumination changes, have good uniqueness property and can be computed in real time. The algorithm is able to resolve and correct false data associations and is robust against random correlation resulting from perceptual aliasing. The algorithm has been tested extensively in a natural outdoor environment.
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Gérard, Marine B. (Marine Barbara). "Achieving sustainable development : building a coherent vision and motivations for change." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/90245.
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Thesis: S.M. in Management Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2014.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-167).<br>How do the different clusters (businesses, governments, civil society organizations, and individuals) behave currently? Why? And, why do these behaviors need to change? What does a 'sustainable future' mean? What is the vision we want to achieve? What cluster behaviors are needed to create that sustainable future? What motivations could produce these behaviors? How can we shape these motivations? What are the necessary and sufficient conditions to change these motivational structures? These are all the questions that this thesis seeks to answer. Concerned with understanding how a more sustainable future can be created, the aim of this thesis is to examine the underlying structures (rationales and incentive structures) that motivate the different actors or clusters in our system, namely the for-profit private sector, the government, the civil society and individuals. Tracing back the evolution of systemic structures since the beginning of the Industrialization Era, we provide some insights into the origins of our existing system's unsustainability and paint out the nature of these actual limits. We then perform an envisioning exercise and depict the characteristics of the sustainable future we aim to achieve, building a concrete, desirable vision that has the capacity to inspire and align the motivations of the different clusters mentioned. Current motivations and behaviors of the different clusters are then exposed and contrasted with the motivations and behaviors needed for sustainability. We finish off by providing first thoughts on the mechanisms and instruments that could be leveraged to operate the desired shifts in our system's structure, as well as the necessary and sufficient conditions for these shifts to occur.<br>by Marine B. Gerard.<br>S.M. in Management Studies
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Hajjdiab, Hassan. "Vision-based localization, map building and obstacle reconstruction in ground plane environments." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/29109.
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The work described in this thesis develops the theory of 3D obstacle reconstruction and map building problems in the context of a robot, or a team of robots, equipped with one camera mounted on board. The study is composed of many problems representing the different phases of actions taken by the robot.
This thesis first studies the problem of image matching for wide baseline images taken by moving robots. The ground plane is detected and the inter-image homography induced by the ground plane is calculated. A novel technique for ground plane matching is introduced using the overhead view transformation.
The thesis then studies the simultaneous localization and map building (SLAM) problem for a team of robots collaborating in the same work site. A vision-based technique is introduced in this thesis to solve the SLAM problem.
The third problem studied in this thesis is the 3D obstacle reconstruction of the obstacles lying on the ground surface. In this thesis a Geometric/Variational level set method is proposed to reconstruct the obstacles detected by the robots.
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Yanan, He. "Coke: building on happiness to support “Positive Solutions”." Master's thesis, NSBE - UNL, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/11649.
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A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics<br>This project is about how significant the positive solutions mean to Coca Cola Co.
and emphasizes that if all three factors, GloCal Vision, Positive Psychology and the
Stakeholder Theory are taken into consideration simultaneously then tailored positive solutions can be the result. Based on these indicators and compared with Dove’s
success, we have found that Coke’s “Open Happiness” campaign is not qualified as a
positive solution for obeying neither positive psychology nor the stakeholder theory.
Later, after screening four solutions, one positive solution is kept and admitted to help Coke be more successful.
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Doszpot, Maureen, and n/a. "Developing culture of a new catholic primary school : vision building, shared values and beliefs." University of Canberra. Professional & Community Education, 1996. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060705.145541.
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This study examines the articulated vision of a new Catholic primary school in
order to describe and assess its developing organisational culture. The following
questions provide the major focus of the study: I How and to what extent does
the Vision Statement describe the developing Catholic school culture at St Clare of Assisi Primary School? 2. What are the common beliefs and values underlying
the Vision Statement at St Clare of Assisi Primary School?
A review of the literature reveals that many educational researchers stress the
importance of schools developing a strong, coordinated, cohesive and positive
culture. The need for this culture to be based on a clearly articulated vision,
embodying shared values and beliefs is also indicated and this provides the
rationale for the study.
A number of frameworks for school culture are examined and adapted to develop
a conceptual framework for the study. The resulting Model for Developing
Catholic School Culture provides a structure which enables collected data to be
sorted and analysed, so that the research questions can be addressed.
This study utilises the methodology of ethnographic research. Data collection
strategies include participant observation, interviews, surveys, and other sources
including school records and documents, photographs, artefacts and memorabilia.
The findings are organised under five headings, each of which represents a belief
articulated in the school's Vision Statement. These beliefs are examined to see
how they are enacted verbally, visually and behaviourally by the school
community Conclusions are drawn as to the relevance of the Vision Statement to
the school community Other significant values and beliefs evident from an
examination of the data are also identified
The study concludes that the Vision Statement effectively describes the developing
culture of the school for there is congruence between its beliefs and actions.
What emerges of particular significance from this study is the importance of a
school community articulating a shared vision. A school's Vision Statement serves
a dual purpose It is the filter which allows the shared beliefs and values of the
school community to be articulated, while at the same time serving as a scaffold
for checking if these shared beliefs and values are being enacted by the
community.
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Schweibinz, Stephen E. (Stephen Edward) 1974. "Where virtual meets reality : empowering the public with tangible and digital vision building tools." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70321.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1999.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaves 80-81).<br>Neighborhood community organizations that strive to incorporate the public's ideas into designs and plans have needed more appropriate tools for vision sharing. This thesis described one possible approach for improving the public's ability to design, share, and evaluate alternatives. In the past, the public's primary role during neighborhood design meetings has been that of 'evaluators,' critiquing those designs that were presented to them. This research attempted to illustrate how new and emerging information technology tools could potentially empower the public with the ability to visually express their own design ideas and visions for their neighborhood, shifting the public's role from that of strictly 'evaluators' to that of 'co-constructors.' The strategy presented for vision creation included both a tangible, model-making framework and a digital, virtual reality component. Residents at a public meeting would start the visioning process by 'playing out' their ideas using physical LEGOTM blocks. The intuitive and simple tangible interface of LEGOTM blocks encourages a constructionist approach toward thinking about urban design issues. Software tools were prototyped to augment the physical model creation and vision sharing process. An object movie, authoring tool was prototyped to digitally archive physical models. A virtual reality, authoring tool was prototyped to allow remote users to also participate in the design process.<br>by Stephen E. Schweibinz.<br>M.C.P.
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Troup, Tammy L. "Building East Akron: the Local Vision of F.A. Seiberling and the City of Akron." Youngstown State University / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1210785106.
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Ziv, Ronen. "Moving Beyond the RNR and GLM Models: Building a New Vision for Offender Rehabilitation." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1479819588267395.
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Codevilla, Moraes Felipe. "On building end-to-end driving models through imitation learning." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/667238.
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Els vehicles autònoms es consideren ara com a actius assegurats en el futur. Literalment,
tots els marcadors d’automòbils rellevants es troben en una cursa per produir
vehicles totalment autònoms. Aquests fabricants de cotxes solen fer ús de canonades
modulars per al disseny de vehicles autònoms. Aquesta estratègia descompon
el problema en diverses tasques com la detecció i el reconeixement d’objectes, la
segmentació semàntica i la instància, l’estimació de profunditat, el reconeixement
de llocs i SLAM, així com la planificació i el control. Cada mòdul requereix un conjunt
separat d’algoritmes experts, que són costosos especialment quant al treball
humà i la necessitat d’etiquetatge de dades. Una alternativa que recentment té
un interès significatiu és la conducció integral. En el paradigma de conducció de
extrem a extrem, la percepció i el control s’obtenen simultàniament mitjançant una
xarxa profunda. Els models de tesisensorotor s’obtenen normalment mitjançant
l’aprenentatge de imitacions de les demostracions de humà. L’avantatge principal
és que aquest enfocament pot aprendre directament de les grans flotes de vehicles
dirigits per humans sense necessitat d’un ontologia fixa i d’una àmplia quantitat
d’etiquetatge. No obstant això, els mètodes de extrem a extrem es van utilitzar
habitualment per aprendre conductes simples com ara manteniment de carrils
i el vehicle principal. En aquesta tesi, per tal d’aconseguir comportaments més
complexos, abordemalguns problemes quan es crea un sistema de conducció de
extrem a extrem mitjançant l’aprenentatge de la imitació. El primer d’aquests és la
necessitat d’un entorn per a l’avaluació d’algorismes i la recopilació de demostracions
d’administració. En aquest sentit, hem participat en la creació del simulador de
Carla, una plataforma de codi obert construïda des de la base per a la validació i el
prototipatge d’autònoms. Atès que l’enfocament de extrem a extrem és purament
re-actiu, també hi ha la necessitat de proporcionar una interfície amb un sistema de
planificació global. Amb això, proposem l’aprenentatge d’imitació condicional que
condiciona les accions produïdes en algun comandament d’alt nivell. L’avaluació
és també una qüestió i normalment es fa mitjançant la comparació de la sortida de
la xarxa de cap a cap a un conjunt de dades de conducció que es recull. Demostrem
que això és correlacionat sorprenentment debilitat amb la conducció real i proposa
estratègies sobre com adquirir millor les dades i una estratègia de comparació
millor. Finalment, confirmem problemes de generalització ben coneguts (deguts a
biaixos i sobraccessos actuals), de nous (a causa d’objectes dinàmics i la manca de
model acausal) i la inestabilitat de la formació; Els problemes que requereixen més
investigacions abans de finalitzar la conducció a través de la imitació poden escalar
a la conducció del món real.<br>Autonomous vehicles are now considered as an assured asset in the future. Literally,
all the relevant car-markers are now in a race to produce fully autonomous
vehicles. These car-makers usually make use of modular pipelines for designing
autonomous vehicles. This strategy decomposes the problemin a variety of tasks
such as object detection and recognition, semantic and instance segmentation,
depth estimation, SLAM and place recognition, as well as planning and control.
Each module requires a separate set of expert algorithms, which are costly specially
in the amount of human labor and necessity of data labelling. An alternative that recently
has driven considerable interest is the end-to-end driving. In the end-to-end
driving paradigm, perception and control are learned simultaneously using a deep
network. These sensorimotor models are typically obtained by imitation learning
from human demonstrations. The main advantage is that this approach can directly
learn from large fleets of human-driven vehicles without requiring a fixed ontology
and extensive amounts of labeling. However, scaling end-to-end driving methods to
behaviors more complex than simple lane keeping or lead vehicle following remains
an open problem. On this thesis, in order to achieve more complex behaviours, we
address some issues when creating end-to-end driving system through imitation
learning. The first of themis a necessity of an environment for algorithm evaluation
and collection of driving demonstrations. On this matter, we participated on the
creation of the CARLA simulator, an open source platformbuilt from ground up for
autonomous driving validation and prototyping. Since the end-to-end approach
is purely reactive, there is also the necessity to provide an interface with a global
planning system. With this, we propose the conditional imitation learning that
conditions the actions produced into some high level command. Evaluation is also
a concern and is commonly performed by comparing the end-to-end network output
to some pre-collected driving dataset. We show that this is surprisingly weakly
correlated to the actual driving and propose strategies on how to better acquire data
and a better comparison strategy. Finally, we confirmwell-known generalization issues
(due to dataset bias and overfitting), new ones (due to dynamic objects and the
lack of a causal model), and training instability; problems requiring further research
before end-to-end driving through imitation can scale to real-world driving.
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Troup, Tammy L. "Building East Akron : the local vision of F. A. Seiberling and the City of Akron /." Connect to resource online, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1210785106.
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Aljuidan, Hanan Abdulaziz M. "Building a Collaborative Smartphone Application for Blind and Low Vision Visitors at the Dallas Museum of Art." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2019. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1505223/.
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The goal of my study is to develop a mobile application to enable all visitors, including blind and low-vision visitors, to autonomously gather and share information about interpretations of art and to have a fully independent museum-going experience. With an application, blind visitors have more access to opportunities and tools in the museum, which empowers their museum experience. My study used a qualitative, mixed-methods approach to research how blind and low vision museum visitors might increase their independence in the museum space and discover ways to equalize their access without relying on museum educators. In carrying out my study, I conducted interviews and collected data based on observations and transcribed and analyzed them using a grounded theory approach. I used Freire's theory of pedagogy of the oppressed and hooks' theory of education as the practice of freedom to frame my study.
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Eggenberger, Samuel Christian. "Towards clinical trials of a novel Bionic Eye: Building evidence of safety and efficacy." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2022. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/29625.
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In the quest for therapeutic solutions for the visually impaired, electrical stimulation of the retina is, and has been, the focus of intense research. Some of these efforts have led to the development of the Phoenix99 Bionic Eye, a device which combines promising technological features with novel stimulation strategies.
For medical devices, considerable challenges must be overcome before they’re allowed to be trialled in their target population. The requirements for a study to be performed include the demonstration of a positive risk-benefit ratio of the research. The present dissertation is an attempt to address how pre-clinical trials in animals can be used to understand and minimise risks.
A positive risk-benefit ratio means that the potential benefits of the research outweigh the risks of the intervention. In the case of retinal prostheses, the risks include the surgical intervention, the immune response to the device, the safety of the electrical stimuli, and the effects of device ageing.
In this work, successful demonstration of the surgical safety and biocompatibility of passive Phoenix99 devices during long-term implantation in sheep called for the evaluation of the chronic effects of the novel stimulation paradigms it can deliver. As preparation for this study, the techniques used to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the stimuli in animals were refined. A systematic approach to minimise the impact of anaesthesia on the experimental results is presented, as well as a novel in vivo retinal recording technique. To maximise the clinical relevance of all animal trials, a computer model for the prediction of thresholds was developed.
Finally, in vitro device ageing was performed to deepen our understanding of the design’s potential for long-term implantation. Protocols for a long-term device safety study in sheep and for an acute human trial are also presented, thus taking concrete and sensible steps towards the first clinical use of the Phoenix99 Bionic Eye.
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Palmer, Maryanne Ryan, Telina S. Imel, Philip B. McManus, and Christine M. Panarese. "Building Leadership Capacity: How One Massachusetts School District Facilitates and Sustains Teacher Growth." Thesis, Boston College, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:103609.
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Thesis advisor: Lauri Johnson<br>District leadership has been found to have a measurable effect on student achievement by creating conditions within which teachers and administrators frame their daily work with children. The superintendent is uniquely poised to build the needed infrastructure of support and assure its alignment with the philosophy and mission of the district and, in turn, with the work of the school. By attending to the habits and conditions that allow a staff to work as a unit, superintendents are able to contribute to the development of a community of professional learners within and among district schools. This qualitative case study analyzed district leadership practices that support ongoing teacher growth in a Massachusetts school district by examining the work of the superintendent and the impact of his leadership on the ongoing development of a community of professional learners at the district and school level. Data included interviews with teachers and administrators, artifact analyses, and observations of district meetings. Findings reveal the superintendent's use of a PLC process to model and provide support to school-level leaders by encouraging broad-based participation in the skillful work of leadership; establishing a clear vision which resulted in program coherence; fostering a system of inquiry-based accountability that informed decision making and practice; and nurturing organizational relationships that involved high district engagement and low bureaucratization which supported school-based collaborative teacher growth<br>Thesis (EdD) — Boston College, 2014<br>Submitted to: Boston College. Lynch School of Education<br>Discipline: Educational Leadership and Higher Education
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Niles, Marvin Lee. "Building healthy cities: the role of core visionary(ies) in a community visioning process- the Brazos 2020 Vision initiative." Diss., Texas A&M University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/4223.
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The purpose of this study is to explore the role of social entrepreneurs or core visionaries in generating conceptual, financial, and community support and acceptance for a Healthy City/Community initiative in the Bryan/College Station area. This initiative affords all community members the opportunity to participate in long-term regional goals. Crucial questions were: what criteria were seen as beneficial to the community that would garner support to proceed with a Healthy City initiative, what would be desirable and more feasible - to enter into an agreement with an existing entity, an existing medical health provider, related entity or subsidiary, or to set up a new, independent entity to oversee the initiative, where would funding come from, what was the time commitment, and who would evaluate the initiative's success? Another purpose of this study is to explore how a Healthy City's process was adapted and developed for use in the Brazos Valley and how the initial community leaders or initiative "champions" went about initiating and organizing the movement, including identifying manpower needs, whether through the use of volunteers or the hiring of professionals, consultants, or full time staff to coordinate the various activities. Also of interest were the criteria that the initiative's leaders would use to divide their Healthy City's agenda or potential goals into topical components to be studied and analyzed by community representatives for inclusion (or not) into the final, formal Vision Statement for the community for succeeding by 2020. This was a qualitative study; interviews and observations of meetings were the information gathering methods used. According to the results, most participants found their involvement meaningful and enjoyable, but they also feared that no actions would come from the goals set by the community. Areas for further research or investigation might include: subsequent phases enacted by the Brazos 2020 Vision, changes made in dealing with future options after the Final Report was completed or distributed, resulting funding opportunities and movement of key leaders after the Brazos Valley initiative had entered subsequent phases. Another focus might be to continue to research or investigate the timeline for Brazos 2020 Vision up to the year 2020.
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Unsalan, Cem. "Multispectral satellite image understanding." The Ohio State University, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1061903845.
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Lindvall, Daniel. "The limits of the European vision in Bosnia and Herzegovina an analysis of the police reform negotiations /." Doctoral thesis, Stockholm : Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-31392.
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Sampson, David A. "Toward renewed theological identity and vision team building for the eldership and staff of the Park Row Church of Christ /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1990. http://www.tren.com.
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Zhou, Shuting. "Navigation of a quad-rotor to access the interior of a building." Thesis, Compiègne, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015COMP2237.
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Ce travail de recherche est dédié à l’élaboration d’une stratégie de navigation autonome qui comprend la génération d’une trajectoire optimale en évitant des obstacles, la détection de l’objet d’intérêt spécifique (i.e. une fenêtre) et puis l’exécution de la manoeuvre postérieure à approcher la fenêtre et enfin accéder à l’intérieur du bâtiment. Le véhicule est navigué par un système de vision et une combinaison de capteurs inertiels et d’altitude, ce qui réalise une localisation relative du quadri-rotor par rapport à son environment. Une méthode de planification de trajectoire basée sur Model Predictive Control (MPC), qui utilise les informations fournies par le GPS et le capteur visuel, a été conçue pour générer une trajectoire optimale en temps réel avec des capacités d’évitement de collision, qui commence à partir d’un point initial donné par l’utilisateur et guide le véhicule pour atteindre le point final à l’extérieur du bâtiment de la cible. Dans le but de détecter et de localiser l’objet d’intérêt, deux stratégies de détection d’objet basées sur la vision sont proposées et sont respectivement appliquées dans le système de stéréo vision et le système de vision en utilisant la Kinect. Après l’estimation du modèle de la fenêtre cible, un cadre d’estimation de mouvement est conçu pour estimer ego-mouvement du véhicule à partir des images fournies par le capteur visuel. Il y a eu deux versions des cadres d’estimation de mouvement pour les deux systèmes de vision. Une plate-forme expérimentale de quad-rotor est développée. Pour l’estimation de la dynamique de translation du véhicule, un filtre de Kalman est mis en œuvre pour combiner les capteurs d’imagerie, inertiels et d’altitude. Un système de détection et de contrôle hiérarchique est conçu pour effectuer la navigation et le contrôle de l’hélicoptère quadri-rotor, ce qui permet au véhicule d’estimer l’état sans marques artificielles ou d’autres systèmes de positionnement externes<br>This research work is dedicated to the development of an autonomous navigation strategy which includes generating an optimal trajectory with obstacles avoiding capabilities, detecting specific object of interest (i.e. a window) and then conducting the subsequent maneuver to approach the window and finally access into the building. The vehicle is navigated by a vision system and a combination of inertial and altitude sensors, which achieve a relative localization of the quad-rotor with respect to its surrounding environment. A MPC-based path planning method using the information provided by the GPS and the visual sensor has been developed to generate an optimal real-time trajectory with collision avoidance capabilities, which starts from an initial point given by the user and guides the vehicle to achieve the final point outside the target building. With the aim of detecting and locating the object of interest, two different vision-based object detection strategies are proposed and are applied respectively in the stereo vision system and the vision system using the Kinect. After estimating the target window model, a motion estimation framework is developed to estimate the vehicle’s ego-motion from the images provided by the visual sensor. There have been two versions of the motion estimation frameworks for both vision systems. A quad-rotor experimental platform is developed. For estimating the translational dynamic of the vehicle, a Kalman filter is implemented to combine the imaging, inertial and altitude sensors. A hierarchical sensing and control system is designed to perform the navigation and control of the quad-rotor helicopter, which allows the vehicle to estimate the state without artificial marks or other external positioning systems
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Madden, Jennifer R. "The Collaboration Blueprint: Designing and Building Effective Strategies for Innovation and Rejuvenative Collaboration." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1427799769.
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Loing, Vianney. "Stéréotomie et vision artificielle pour la construction robotisée de structures maçonnées complexes." Thesis, Paris Est, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019PESC1015/document.
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Ce travail de thèse s'inscrit dans le contexte du développement de la robotique dans la construction. On s’intéresse ici à la construction robotisée de structures maçonnées complexes en ayant recours à de la vision artificielle. La construction sans cintre étant un enjeu important en ce qui concerne la productivité sur un chantier et la quantité de déchets produits, nous explorons, à cet effet, les possibilités qu'offre la rigidité en flexion inhérente aux maçonneries topologiquement autobloquantes. La génération de ces dernières, classique dans le cas plan, est généralisée ici à la conception de structures courbes, à partir de maillages de quadrangles plans et de manière paramétrique, grâce aux logiciels Rhinoceros 3D / Grasshopper. Pour cela, nous proposons un ensemble d'inégalités à respecter afin que la structure obtenue soit effectivement topologiquement autobloquante. Ces inégalités permettent, par ailleurs, d'introduire un résultat nouveau ; à savoir qu'il est possible d'avoir un assemblage de blocs dans lequel chacun des blocs est topologiquement bloqué en translation, mais un sous-ensemble — constitué de plusieurs de ces blocs — ne l'est pas. Un prototype de maçonnerie à topologie autobloquante est finalement conçu. Sa conception repose sur une découpe des joints d'inclinaison variable qui permet de le construire sans cintre. En parallèle, nous abordons des aspects de vision artificielle robuste pour un environnement chantier, environnement complexe dans lequel les capteurs peuvent subir des chocs, être salis ou déplacés accidentellement. Le problème est d'estimer la position relative d'un bloc de maçonnerie par rapport à un bras robot, à partir de simples caméras 2D ne nécessitant pas d'étape de calibration. Notre approche repose sur l'utilisation de réseaux de neurones convolutifs de classification, entraînés à partir de centaines de milliers d'images synthétiques de l’ensemble bras robot + bloc, présentant des variations aléatoires en terme de dimensions et positions du bloc, textures, éclairage, etc, et ce afin que le robot puisse apprendre à repérer le bloc sans trop de biais d’environnement. La génération de ces images est réalisée grâce à Unreal Engine 4. Cette méthode permet la localisation du bloc par rapport au robot avec une précision millimétrique, sans utiliser une seule image réelle pour la phase d'apprentissage ; ce qui constitue un avantage certain puisque l'acquisition de données représentatives pour l'apprentissage est un processus long et fastidieux. Nous avons également construit une base de données riche, constituée d’environ 12000 images réelles contenant un robot et un bloc précisément localisés, permettant d’évaluer quantitativement notre approche et de la rendre comparable aux approches alternatives. Un démonstrateur réel intégrant un bras ABB IRB 120, des blocs parallélépipédiques et trois webcams a été mis en place pour démontrer la faisabilité de la méthode<br>The context of this thesis work is the development of robotics in the construction industry. We explore the robotic construction of complex masonry structures with the help of computer vision. Construction without the use of formwork is an important issue in relation to both productivity on a construction site and the amount of waste generated. To this end, we study topological interlocking masonries and the possibilities they present. The design of this kind of masonry is standard for planar structures. We generalize it to the design of curved structures in a parametrical way, using PQ meshes and the softwares Rhinoceros 3D and Grasshopper. To achieve this, we introduce a set of inequalities to respect in order to have a topological interlocked structure. These inequalities allow us to present a new result. Namely, it is possible to have an assembly of blocks in which each block is interlocked in translation, while having a subset — composed of several of these blocks — that is not interlocked. We also present a prototype of topological interlocking masonry. Its design is based on variable inclination joints, allowing construction without formwork. In parallel, we are studying robust computer vision for unstructured environments like construction sites, in which sensors are vulnerable to dust or could be accidentally jostled. The goal is to estimate the relative pose (position + orientation) of a masonry block with respect to a robot, using only cheap cameras without the need for calibration. Our approach relies on a classification Convolutional Neural Network trained using hundreds of thousands of synthetically rendered scenes with a robot and a block, and randomized parameters such as block dimensions and poses, light, textures, etc, so that the robot can learn to locate the block without being influenced by the environment. The generation of these images is performed with Unreal Engine 4. This method allows us to estimate a block pose very accurately, with only millimetric errors, without using a single real image for training. This is a strong advantage since acquiring representative training data is a long and expensive process. We also built a new rich dataset of real robot images (about 12,000 images) with accurately localized blocks so that we can evaluate our approach and compare it to alternative approaches. A real demonstrator, including a ABB IRB 120 robot, cuboid blocks and three webcams was set up to prove the feasibility of the method
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Nilsson, Jacob, and Dennis Gustafsson. "Framtidens kongresshus : Stadsbyggnadsvisionen i Jönköping." Thesis, Tekniska Högskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, JTH, Byggnadsteknik, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-15284.
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Since a couple of decades the community of Jönköping has worked out an urban vision of how the city should be appropriated expanded. The prospect extends to around year 2040 and deals with the area south of lake Munksjön in Jönköping, Sweden. Today there is a proposal of how this would look like and what main public functions that should be located there. One issue in the so-called urban vision 2.0 indicates a congressional building. This report describes how such an object can be designed according to the urban vision conditions. The work is focused on three main themes; * Architectural concept and a modern form of expression. * A functional attractive congress building in a new planned town centre. * General concept of a realistic structure system that meet the spatial and architectural possibilities. Various concepts in the meeting industry and in the architecture field are identified in order to understand the concepts and ideas with today´s congress buildings. Through analysis of the study, the report shows how structure and architecture interact in practice. Using this information, an architectural proposal and structure proposal is given. The result is a relative large congress building at the south shore of lake Munksjön. The shape is organic and inspired by the local vegetation and water environment. Physically, it is an eight-storey building with rather clear features on each storey. The main objective of the building´s function is rooms for meetings, for both private and formal occasions. The proposal allows for large gatherings and makes it possible for large and small activities at the same time in the building. Regard to the result of the structure analysis, the proposal should be technically feasible.<br>Sammanfattning I Jönköping finns sedan ett par årtionden en utformad stadsvision om hur staden lämpligast ska expandera. Framtidsperspektivet sträcker sig till ca år 2040 och behandlar bland annat området söder om Munksjön i Jönköping. Idag finns ett arkitektförslag på hur det skulle kunna se ut och vilka huvudsakliga samhällsfunktioner som kan lokaliseras där. I planen, det vill säga den så kallade stadsbyggnadsvisionen 2.0 anges en kongressbyggnad. Den här rapporten beskriver hur ett sådant objekt kan utformas utifrån stadsbyggnadsvisionens förutsättningar. Arbetet är fokuserat på tre huvudteman; * Arkitektonisk idé och en modern uttrycksform. * Ett funktionellt tilltalande kongresshus i en nyplanerad stadskärna. * Principlösning på ett realistiskt stomsystem som tillgodoser rumsliga och arkitektoniska möjligheter. Olika begrepp inom mötesbranchen och arkitektur identifieras för att förstå koncepten och idéerna med dagens kongresshus. Genom analyser visar rapporten också hur stomlösningar och arkitektur samverkar i praktiken. Utifrån denna information ges ett arkitektoniskt förslag och ett stomförslag. Resultat är ett relativt stort kongresshus vid Munksjöns södra strand. Formerna är organiska och inspirerade av den lokala växtligheten och vattnet. Fysiskt är det en byggnad i åtta plan med funktionsindelade våningar. Huvudmålet med byggnadens funktion är lokaler för möten, både på det privata som på det formella planet. Förslaget möjliggör också för stora folksamlingar där det även finns utrymme för stora som små aktiviteter samtidigt i byggnaden. Med de analyserade referensobjekten med avseende på konstruktion som underlag, anses förslagsbyggnaden vara tekniskt genomförbar.
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Deccó, Cláudia Cristina Ghirardello. "Construção de mapas de ambiente para navegação de robôs móveis com visão omnidirecional estéreo." Universidade de São Paulo, 2004. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/3/3132/tde-13072004-151103/.
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O problema de navegação de robôs móveis tem sido estudado ao longo de vários anos, com o objetivo de se construir um robô com elevado grau de autonomia. O aumento da autonomia de um robô móvel está relacionado com a capacidade de aquisição de informações e com a automatização de tarefas, tal como a construção de mapas de ambiente. Sistemas de visão são amplamente utilizados em tarefas de robôs autônomos devido a grande quantidade de informação contida em uma imagem. Além disso, sensores omnidirecionais catadióptricos permitem ainda a obtenção de informação visual em uma imagem de 360º, dispensando o movimento da câmera em direções de interesse para a tarefa do robô. Mapas de ambiente podem ser construídos para a implementação de estratégias de navegações mais autônomas. Nesse trabalho desenvolveu-se uma metodologia para a construção de mapas para navegação, os quais são a representação da geometria do ambiente. Contém a informação adquirida por um sensor catadióptrico omnidirecional estéreo, construído por uma câmera e um espelho hiperbólico. Para a construção de mapas, os processos de alinhamento, correspondência e integração, são efetuados utilizando-se métricas de diferença angular e de distância entre os pontos. A partir da fusão dos mapas locais cria-se um mapa global do ambiente. O processo aqui desenvolvido para a construção do mapa global permite a adequação de algoritmos de planejamento de trajetória, estimativa de espaço livre e auto-localização, de maneira a obter uma navegação autônoma.<br>The problem of mobile robot navigation has been studied for many years, aiming at build a robot with an high degree of autonomy. The increase in autonomy of a mobile robot is related to its capacity of acquisition of information and the automation of tasks, such as the environment map building. In this aspect vision has been widely used due to the great amount of information in an image. Besides that catadioptric omnidirectional sensors allow to get visual information in a 360o image, discharging the need of camera movement in directions of interest for the robot task. Environment maps may be built for an implementation of strategies of more autonomous navigations. In this work a methodology is developed for building maps for robot navigations, which are the representation of the environment geometry. The map contains the information received by a stereo omnidirectional catadioptric sensor built by a camera and a hyperbolic mirror. For the map building, the processes of alignment, registration and integration are performed using metric of angular difference and distance between the points. From the fusion of local maps a global map of the environment is created. The method developed in this work for global map building allows to be coupled with algorithms of path planning, self-location and free space estimation, so that autonomous robot navigation can be obtained.
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Zhu, Zhenhua. "Column recogniton and defects/damage properties retrieval for rapid infrastructure assessment and rehabilitation using machine vision." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/44768.
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No matter how inspection techniques have been advanced, manual visual inspection is currently still the first and fundamental step in assessing civil infrastructure. If no sign of deterioration has been spotted in manual inspection, any future inspection actions is not necessary to take. However, manual inspection has been identified with several limitations including the qualitative nature of inspection results, the time-consuming inspection process, and the heavy reliance on inspectors' and/or engineers' experience. In order to overcome these limitations, automated visual inspection systems have been proposed to enhance and/or replicate the manual inspection process. A number of image processing methods have been developed in detecting defects (i.e. coating rusts) and damage (i.e. cracks) on civil infrastructure. Their effectiveness has been verified in inspecting structures, such as bridges, underground pipes, and tunnels.
Although existing methods are effective in finding defects and damage from digital images, missing two important links limits their application for rapid infrastructure assessment and rehabilitation. The first link is the correlation between the defects/damage and the structural members that the defects/damage lie on. The second link is the relationship between the defects/damage and their impacts on the structural members.
The purpose of this research is to investigate the way of establishing these two links. It is focused on the retrieval of critical structural members and defects/damage information from images/videos, and then the utilization of this information for automated and rapid assessment and rehabilitation of civil infrastructure. Specifically, a combination of techniques from the areas of visual pattern recognition, digital filtering, and machine vision have been used in order to develop a set of methods for concrete column recognition, crack properties retrieval, and air pockets and discoloration detection and evaluation. The methods proposed in this research were implemented in a Microsoft Visual Studio environment, and tested on the real images/videos of concrete structures inflicted with cracks, air pockets and discoloration. The test results indicated that the methods could automatically recognize concrete columns, correctly measure the properties of the cracks in a crack map, and accurately evaluate the impacts of air pockets and discoloration on the visual quality of concrete surfaces.
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De, Leon Diana Fisher. "A study on forging a new front and building a new vision for tribal environmental health policy on the Colorado River Indian Reservation." Diss., Tucson, Arizona : University of Arizona, 2005. http://etd.library.arizona.edu/etd/GetFileServlet?file=file:///data1/pdf/etd/azu%5Fetd%5F1269%5F1%5Fm.pdf&type=application/pdf.
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Chard, Margaret Anne. "The impact of capacity building for the development of the social institutions of war-torn countries : Mozambique's vision for education and its multiple partners." Thesis, University of York, 2005. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/10967/.
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De, Jong Connie J. "[Re]Focusing Global Gallery's Educational Programs: A Guide to Transforming Vision to Action for Fair Trade Organizations." The Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1218547473.
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Di, Vincenzo Federica. "Building Information Modeling (BIM) per infrastrutture viarie: il caso del sottopasso a spinta alla linea ferroviaria Castelfranco - Bassano." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2019.
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Negli ultimi anni il mondo della progettazione di opere civili ha visto la diffusione di un approccio innovativo, il Building Information Modeling un processo coordinato che agevola la gestione digitale di rappresentazioni virtuali delle caratteristiche fisiche e funzionali di un’opera. La soluzione BIM permette una perfetta condivisione delle informazioni nel processo costruttivo, dalla progettazione alla manutenzione, l’interoperabilità tra le varie figure coinvolte in un progetto e una riduzione di tempi e costi di realizzazione grazie alla possibilità di individuare e risolvere errori già in fase progettuale e non in quella esecutiva, dove eventuali modifiche in corso d’opera risultano onerose e complicate.L’obiettivo del presente elaborato consiste nell’implementazione della filosofia BIM nel processo di progettazione di infrastrutture stradali con l’intento di evidenziare i vantaggi e gli eventuali limiti emersi durante l’utilizzo dei software. Lo studio sul BIM effettuato in questo lavoro di tesi si è concentrato, in primo luogo, nel definire effettivamente cosa si intenda con il termine BIM; in particolare si sofferma l’attenzione sui concetti fondamenti dei modelli informativi, quali lo scambio di dati, l’interoperabilità ed i livelli di sviluppo. All'interno dell'elaborato viene esposto il caso di studio relativo al progetto di un sottopasso a spinta alla linea ferroviaria Castelfranco – Bassano mediante metodologia BIM. Infine si esegue il computo metrico estimativo di tutto il progetto, mediante il programma STR Vision CPM, un software utilizzato in logica BIM per il computo delle opere d’arte ed in tradizionale per il computo dei restanti materiali dell’infrastruttura.
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Ebeneku-Anim, Frederick, Ingrid Jacobson, Margaret McRoberts, and Pierre Munyura. "Building Sustainable Urban Communities : Can a common participatory space offer a solution?" Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Avdelningen för maskinteknik, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-4114.
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Globalization and rapid urbanization in the developing world have been contributing greatly to a current unsustainable reality. In order to move towards a sustainable society, the strength of people working collectively as a community must be recognized and harnessed to begin making changes from the bottom up. This thesis will examine how a common participatory space has the potential to become a community hub, and to foster participatory dialogue, negotiation and decision-making within urban communities of poverty. After examining the current reality, including present development practices, this research strives to find universal elements for a common participatory space where vision building and strategic community action can flourish. This study also examines the processes needed to engage community members in the cultivation, creation and maintenance of a common participatory space.
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Aslam, Muhammad Bilal, Mirza Nafees Baig, and Sohail Sahms. "How to establish corporate brand?" Thesis, Linnaeus University, Linnaeus School of Business and Economics, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-5975.
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<p>Technology is becoming easy to imitate day by day thus the companies involved in technology need to invest on the soft points like branding. This will give a competitive advantage over the competitors which is not possible to imitate. Thus the overall purpose of this thesis is to investigate that how a company evolved b2b selling can establish corporate brand. So three research questions were addressed:</p><ol><li>What are the major components of corporate brand building process?</li><li>How to establish corporate brand image with the customer? </li><li>How effective corporate communication can enhance the corporate brand?</li></ol><p>To reach the solution, Norden machinery as a case company was also studied. A theoretical framework was synthesized, based upon the different models and theories regarding the corporate brand building. The framework guided the authors through the entire research process.</p><p>Our empirical findings shows a quest in Norden to develop a corporate brand and during the analysis we found that the in some areas case company is following the components of brand building process that were described in the theoretical framework but there are some areas where the Norden has to improve as well.</p><p>Thus based upon the analysis it is concluded that a company can establish a corporate brand by following the brand building components vision, culture, brand objectives, brand personality, brand essence, creating brand image and corporate communication.</p>
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Sundblad, Graziella. "Building a low-cost IoT sensor system that recognizes behavioral patterns for collaborative learning - A Proof of Concept." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Institutionen för datavetenskap och medieteknik (DVMT), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-44351.
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Since the advent of the Internet, we have been observing a fast-paced development within the computing world. One of the major innovations in recent years is the “Internet of Things”, which brings interconnectedness between devices and humans to unprecedented heights. This technological breakthrough enabled the emergence of a new sub-field within Learning Analytics, Multimodal Learning Analytics, which makes use of several types of data sources to study learning-related processes. As computers and sensors become increasingly cheaper and more accessible, research within this new sub-field grows, yet some gaps remain unexplored. Additionally, there is a research bias toward computer-assisted learning environments, rather than physical ones. At the same time, the current labor market is highly competitive, and possessing profession-related skills is not sufficient to land a job. Besides these skills, there is an increasing demand for social skills, such as communication, teamwork, and collaboration. However, there is a gap between the skills that are trained in an academic setting and the ones that are required by the labor market. Having this background in mind, this work aims at designing and evaluating an IoT sensor system capable of tracking patterns observed under social interactions within a group, and more specifically, in terms of the distance between group members while solving a task. Another important aspect of this study is the system's cost-effectiveness so that it can be employed in a scalable and sustainable manner. To achieve this goal, a multimethodological approach for Design Science Research was adopted, which implied the combination of several methods such as sketching, prototyping, and testing. As a result, this study contributes both to the research area of Multimodal Learning Analytics, and to educational practices.
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Fulson, Karl A., and Amy Seabrooke. "Strategic Community Economic Development and Small Business : Cooperation for Sustainability." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Avdelningen för maskinteknik, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-3128.
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This thesis aims to increase the knowledge and capacity of Canadian communities and their small businesses in order to enable their transition towards sustainability. This was accomplished through interviews with Canadian Community Economic Development (CED) experts, and surveys from Small Business (SB) operators in Canmore, Alberta, Canada. We suggest the potential roles for CED proponents and SB operators include: (1) Shared development of community vision; (2) Local business networks for sustainability; (3) Community capacity building through dialogue.
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Baubriaud, Mathis. "Mesure automatique de l'avancement d'un chantier de construction intérieur à l'aide de la réalité mixte." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Ecully, Ecole centrale de Lyon, 2025. http://www.theses.fr/2025ECDL0008.
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L'inspection automatique de chantier de construction dans le bâtiment est une problématique ardue, mais aux bénéfices importants pour les constructeurs. Le travail présenté dans cette thèse porte sur le développement et l'évaluation d'une solution de Réalité Augmentée (RA) pour le suivi automatisé de l'avancement des travaux de construction intérieurs. Face aux limites des méthodes d'inspection manuelles, chronophages et sujettes à erreurs, ce travail présente une approche novatrice exploitant la superposition du modèle BIM (Building Information Modeling) à l'environnement réel via un casque de RA. L'objectif principal est la détection et l'identification automatiques des équipements du génie climatique et électrique, dont la forme hétéroclite pose des problèmes significatifs. En vue d'une analyse complète, deux méthodes complémentaires sont étudiées : l'une, géométrique, s'appuie sur un algorithme de lancer de rayons et la reconstruction 3D de nuages de points acquis par des capteurs de profondeur ; l'autre, basée sur l'analyse d'images 2D, utilise un réseau de neurones profonds. Pour pallier le manque de données réelles d'entraînement, un processus automatisé de génération de données synthétiques à partir de modèles BIM est proposé et évalué. Les expérimentations menées sur des chantiers de construction réels démontrent le potentiel de l'approche pour une inspection plus efficace et fiable, et justifient sa plus-value dans les pratiques actuelles des équipes de chantier<br>Automated inspection of construction sites presents a significant opportunity to improve efficiency and accuracy in the building industry. This thesis addresses the challenges of interior construction progress monitoring by developing and evaluating an innovative augmented reality (AR) solution. Leveraging the superimposition of Building Information Modeling (BIM) data onto real environments through an AR headset, the proposed system aims to detect and identify HVAC and electrical components automatically. These elements, with their heterogeneous shapes, present unique challenges for computer vision. For a complete analysis, two complementary methods are presented: one, geometric, relies on a ray-tracing algorithm and 3D reconstruction of point clouds acquired by depth sensors; the other, based on 2D image analysis, uses a deep neural network. A critical barrier in applying deep learning to this domain is the scarcity of large, annotated datasets for training. To address this, the study introduces an automated process to generate photorealistic synthetic datasets from BIM models using a graphics engine. These datasets enable the training of a state-of-the-art instance segmentation network, enhanced by transfer learning methods. Experiments conducted on real construction sites demonstrate the system's potential for more efficient and reliable progress monitoring. The integration of synthetic data generation, deep learning, and AR showcases the added value of this approach, advancing current practices in indoor construction progress monitoring and highlighting its feasibility for real-world application
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Rispoli, Luca. "Un approccio deep learning-based per il conteggio di persone tramite videocamere low-cost in un contesto Smart Campus." Bachelor's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2019. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/19567/.
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I più recenti progressi tecnologici hanno provocato una rapida evoluzione del settore delle tecnologie cosiddette Smart, che, ad oggi, vengono integrati in un vasto numero di sistemi.
La diffusione di tali tecnologie non si è tuttavia limitata a dispositivi ed apparecchiature informatiche, ma ha coinvolto anche altri settori, come quello edilizio, la quale influenza ha dato vita al concetto di "smart building".
Un edificio intelligente ha lo scopo di offrire ai suoi abitanti un elevato livello di comfort, creando un ecosistema in cui i vari dispositivi elettronici possono operare interagendo tra essi in completa autonomia, ponendo tuttavia una
considerevole attenzione al fine di evitare sprechi e ridurre, quanto più possibile, l'impatto ambientale.
Il campus di Cesena è stato costruito secondo questi principi e rappresenta il contesto all'interno del quale si è voluto sviluppare il seguente progetto: un sistema scalabile e a basso costo il quale scopo è quello di monitorare il livello di utilizzo delle aule attraverso il conteggio delle persone effettuato utilizzando dispositivi embedded a basso costo ed algoritmi di intelligenza
arti�ficiale, tale sistema deve essere in grado di operare in piena autonomia e deve offrire, secondo parametri definiti all'interno dell'elaborato di tesi, un certo grado di affidabilità e attendibilità.
L'obiettivo è stato raggiunto tramite l'utilizzo di telecamere collegate a dei single-board computer sul quale sono stati configurati algoritmi di intelligenza artificiale per il riconoscimento di persone, il sistema dispone inoltre di un'applicazione web server che permette di consultare i conteggi effettuati e di ricevere segnalazioni riguardanti eventuali malfunzionamenti.
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Trouvé-Silva, Michèle. "Le rapport au savoir médiatisé du professeur d' espagnol au lycée. Une vision de la Guerre Civile et du Franquisme en Espagne et des dictatures et révolutions en Amérique latine." Thesis, Normandie, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017NORMR141/document.
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Ce travail de recherche questionne la pratique enseignante, l’identité et la construction du rapport au savoir du professeur d’espagnol travaillant dans un lycée en France à l’aide de supports variés. Les documents qui attirent toute notre attention, sont ceux qui traitent des différentes révolutions et dictatures survenues en Amérique Latine ou de la Guerre Civile et du Franquisme en Espagne. Ces sujets font partie intégrante des contenus culturels mis en place par le curriculum institutionnalisé en classe de Seconde, Première et Terminale. L’objet de cette recherche vise la compréhension de ce qui est ambigu, imperceptible ou inconnu de la pratique lors de la médiation des contenus culturels ici évoqués. Il s’agit de nous aventurer et d’explorer les représentations employées par l’enseignant dans sa pratique professionnelle et dans son rapport au savoir sur ces contenus culturels, en tant qu’objet de désir et de souffrance. Cette caractéristique permet d’entrevoir les mécanismes de la construction de savoir et de sa médiation influencés par des facteurs conscients et inconscients relatifs à la personnalité et à l’histoire du sujet tels que ses fantasmes, les mécanismes de défense, les attentes, sa conception de la vie, ses rapports aux autres, l’image qu’il a de lui-même et celle qu’il veut donner aux autres<br>This research projet questions the teaching practice, the identity, and the construction and relationship to knowledge of Spanish high teachers, using various media. The documents that hold our attention here ar those that deal with the different revolutions and dictatorships that merged in Laton America or tje Spanish Civil war and the Francoist regime that followed it. These subjets an integral part of the culturel content that was put in place for the secondary school curriculum, up to and including sixth form level. The object of this research aims to illuminate what is ambiguous, imperceptible or unknown in the diffusion of the culturel content that was mentioned earlier. The aim is to try and explore the outward display used by teachers in their professional practice, as it relates to their culturel background, their knowledge acquisition and their wants and pain. Their personal histories enable un to uncover how their knowledge building mechanisms are influenced, consciously and unconsciensly, by such issues as their fantasies, defense mechanisms, expectations, life perspective, relationships, their own self image and that they want to project
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Marroquín, Cortez Roberto Enrique. "Context-aware intelligent video analysis for the management of smart buildings." Thesis, Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019UBFCK040/document.
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Les systèmes de vision artificielle sont aujourd'hui limités à l'extraction de données issues de ce que les caméras « voient ». Cependant, la compréhension de ce qu'elles voient peut être enrichie en associant la connaissance du contexte et la connaissance d'interprétation d'un humain.Dans ces travaux de thèse, nous proposons une approche associant des algorithmes de vision atificielle à une modélisation sémantique du contexte d'acquisition.Cette approche permet de réaliser un raisonnement sur la connaissance extraite des images par les caméras en temps réel. Ce raisonnement offre une réponse aux problèmes d'occlusion et d'erreurs de détections inhérents aux algorithmes de vision artificielle. Le système complet permet d'offrir un ensemble de services intelligents (guidage, comptage...) tout en respectant la vie privée des personnes observées. Ces travaux forment la première étape du développement d'un bâtiment intelligent qui peut automatiquement réagir et évoluer en observant l'activité de ces usagers, i.e., un bâtiment intelligent qui prend en compte les informations contextuelles.Le résultat, nommé WiseNET, est une intelligence artificielle en charge des décisions au niveau du bâtiment (qui pourrait être étendu à un groupe de bâtiments ou même a l'échelle d'un ville intelligente). Elle est aussi capable de dialoguer avec l'utilisateur ou l'administrateur humain de manière explicite<br>To date, computer vision systems are limited to extract digital data of what the cameras "see". However, the meaning of what they observe could be greatly enhanced by environment and human-skills knowledge.In this work, we propose a new approach to cross-fertilize computer vision with contextual information, based on semantic modelization defined by an expert.This approach extracts the knowledge from images and uses it to perform real-time reasoning according to the contextual information, events of interest and logic rules. The reasoning with image knowledge allows to overcome some problems of computer vision such as occlusion and missed detections and to offer services such as people guidance and people counting. The proposed approach is the first step to develop an "all-seeing" smart building that can automatically react according to its evolving information, i.e., a context-aware smart building.The proposed framework, named WiseNET, is an artificial intelligence (AI) that is in charge of taking decisions in a smart building (which can be extended to a group of buildings or even a smart city). This AI enables the communication between the building itself and its users to be achieved by using a language understandable by humans
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Hosseini, Reza Hirad. "Stratégie de marque de société et création de richesse pour les actionnaires." Thesis, Bordeaux 4, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011BOR40010/document.
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Cette recherche teste de manière empirique la valeur d'une marque de société pour ses actionnaires et les propriétés de la marque en réduisant les risques à un niveau corporatif. Ce processus s'opère indépendamment des récessions économiques. Les études précédentes, ayant établi une relation entre les activités de marketing et la création de la valeur pour les actionnaires, se concentrent principalement sur les marques des produits plutôt que la valeur d'une marque de société et négligent le contrôle des autres variables financières et de performance de marché. Cette recherche est fondée sur la théorie du positivisme. La théorie du positivisme postule que la seule connaissance authentique est celle basée sur l’expérience et la réalité. L’échantillonnage aléatoire des données a été choisi pour la partie quantitative de cette étude et pour la section qualitative de cette recherche, l’auteur a choisi l’échantillonnage et la technique principale de recueillir des données est l’observation.La contribution principale de cette étude à la littérature est précisément la marque commerciale, ses caractéristiques de mélange du risque et de la création de richesse pour les actionnaires, et l'utilisation des contrôles financiers et de marché, tout en vérifiant les relations entre contrôles financiers et contrôles de marché. En utilisant les données annuelles du sondage Interbrand entre 1994 et 2008, l’auteur trouve une preuve forte pour les entreprises qui possèdent une ou plusieurs marques globales très connues et la richesse pour les actionnaires. Ce résultat est cohérent avec la théorie actuelle de la marque qui postule que les efforts liés au développement d'une marque ajoutent de la valeur à l’entreprise et démontrent des caractéristiques12de variation du risque. Les résultats demeurent solides à la suite de l'analyse factorielle et de la régression multivariée. Dans la partie qualitative de la recherche, l’auteur présente des cas relativement notoires de marques corporatives – leur histoire et la raison expliquant leur succès ainsi que les différentes politiques de marque sont soulignées. Cette section peut être considérée la validation qualitative des résultats quantitatifs. Il s'agit donc d'une méthodologie de triangulation. Les cadres conceptuels et les modèles théoriques ont été monopolisés afin d’analyser davantage les cas qualitatifs de cette recherche. Cette perspective additionnelle a renforcé et mis en valeur nos résultats quantitatifs<br>This research tests to analyze if solid corporate brands create wealth for shareholders; and have risk reducing properties. Previous studies that were relating marketing with the creation of shareholder value worked on product brands. This research is based on theory of positivism; positivism states that true knowledge is based on verification. Random sampling was chosen for the quantitative part of this study, and for the qualitative section of this research we chose purposive sampling. Observation is used as the main data collection technique.13The most important contribution of this research to the field of branding is precisely the focus on corporate brand, its risk reducing and creation of wealth for shareholders. Using data between 1994 and 2008, we find strong evidence that corporations that own superior corporate brands create wealth for stakeholders of companies. Later in the qualitative part of this research we went through some fairly known cases of corporate brands – their stories and how they managed to succeed were explained and some of their branding policies were highlighted. This part is seen as qualitative validation of quantitative results through triangulation method. Conceptual frameworks and theoretical models were implemented to further analyze the qualitative cases for this research; this added perspective reinforced and supported our quantitative findings
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Torres-Barreto, Jose Antonio. "dis.PLAY - Center for the Art of Moving Images. A Film Center for Washington, D.C." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31337.
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This thesis explores how a displayed image and architecture interact together. This manifesto is analogically explored using parts of the human body such as the eyeballs as a structural analysis for the buildings with a projection of the cornea, the pupil, the retina, the optic nerves and the brain. This analysis follows a sequential order of capturing light, transcribing light into image, and displaying such image onto a screen. Both, the image and architecture are created parallel to each other respectively when conceiving an architectural idea in order to develop the idea into a building and then perceiving the architecture from such building.
These steps are a cinematic approach using a video camera to record an experience of movement through the journey of a metro ride. This video is one of the tools used to edit an urban tissue of downtown Washington, D.C. The project becomes a Center for the Art of Moving Images exposing vectors of movements through its architecture. The building is manifested in a three-dimensional design where the site provides a sunken plaza 60 ft below street level perceived as a new floor in the city. The underground metro station transitions to the street surface through the use of this plaza in a very harmonious way. The result is a visual depth parallel to the perspectives perceived in movies where you see beyond the surface of the screen and in this case, beyond the surface of the city.<br>Master of Architecture
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Young, Susan Ammon. "Visions of the heart : teachers' perspectives on building classroom community /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1996. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9737872.
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Pi, Popo, and Popo Pi. "Can Xue's Spatialized Vision: Buildings and the Exploration of the Soul." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/12415.
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This thesis centers on the question of how the representation of buildings opens up possibilities for investigating Can Xue's fiction as literature with universal concern about humanity. It explores the significance of Can Xue's employment of buildings in her works from three aspects. The first aspect regards buildings as the reflection of the structure of the soul. The second aspect situates buildings in their relationship with residents and explores the connection between the buildings/residents relationship and that of body and soul. The last aspect sees buildings as the microcosmic projection of Can Xue's fictional space. This study places textual constitution at the center of investigation through the approach of close textual analysis. It marks an attempt to reconsider the method of literary investigation in the field of modern Chinese literature which has been dominated by cultural and historical approaches.
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Seo, Young-Woo. "Augmenting Cartographic Resources and Assessing Roadway State for Vehicle Navigation." Research Showcase @ CMU, 2012. http://repository.cmu.edu/dissertations/207.
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Maps are important for both human and robot navigation. Given a route, drivingassistance systems consult maps to guide human drivers to their destinations. Similarly, topological maps of a road network provide a robotic vehicle with information about where it can drive and what driving behaviors it should use. By providing the necessary information about the driving environment, maps simplify both manual and autonomous driving.
The majority of existing cartographic databases are built, using manual surveys and operator interactions, to primarily assist human navigation. Hence, the resolution of existing maps is insufficient for use in robotics applications. Also, the coverage of these maps fails to extend to places where robotics applications require detailed geometric information.
To augment the resolution and coverage of existing maps, this thesis investigates computer vision algorithms to automatically build lane-level detailed maps of highways and parking lots by analyzing publicly available cartographic resources, such as orthoimagery.
Our map-building methods recognize image patterns and objects that are tightly coupled with the structure of the underlying road network by 1) identifying, without human intervention, locally consistent image cues and 2) linking them based on the obtained local evidence and prior information about roadways. We demonstrate the accuracy of our bootstrapping approach in building lane-level detailed roadwaymaps through experiments.
Due to expected abnormal events on highways such as roadwork, the geometry and traffic rules of highways that appear on maps can occasionally change. This thesis also addresses the problem of updating the resulting maps with temporary changes by analyzing perspective imagery acquired from a vision sensor installed on a vehicle.
To robustly recognize highway work zones, our sign recognizer focuses on handling variations of signs’ colors and shapes. Sign recognition errors, which are inevitable, can cause our system to misread temporary highway changes. To handle potential errors, our method utilizes the temporal redundancy of sign occurrences and their corresponding classification decisions. We demonstrate the effectiveness and robustness of our approach highway workzone recognition through testing with video data recorded under various weather conditions.
Two major results of this thesis work are 1) algorithms that analyze orthoimages to produce lane-level detailed maps of highways and parking lots and 2) on-vehicle computer vision algorithms that are able to recognize temporary changes on highways. Our maps can provide detailed information about a route, in advance, to either a human driver or a self-driving vehicle. While driving on highways, our roadway-assessing algorithms enable the vehicle to update the resulting maps with temporary changes to the route.
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Stenström, Johanna, and Sandra Hagman. "Robotic Process Automation (RPA) i bygglovsprocessen: En studie om effektivisering och dess påverkan på arbetstillfällen." Thesis, Jönköping University, JTH, Byggnadsteknik och belysningsvetenskap, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-54049.
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Syfte: Den rådande digitaliseringen av samhällsbyggandet leder till möjlighet att automatisera och effektivisera processer inom samhällsbyggandet. Att automatisera delar av bygglovsprocessen med hjälp av Robotic Process Automation (RPA) är möjligt. En sådan implementering skulle kunna leda till effektivare processer, men kanske även andra effekter, negativa som positiva. Några av Sveriges kommuner har redan implementerat RPA i bygglovsprocessen och andra står i begrepp att göra det inom kort. Därför är det av hög relevans att utreda hur mycket RPA kan effektivisera bygglovsprocessen samt undersöka hur automatisering påverkar arbetet för personal på bygglovsenheter. Syftet med denna studie är, därför, att undersöka i vilken utsträckning bygglovsprocessen kan effektiviseras med hjälp av RPA. Vidare önskar studien utreda hur en sådan implementering kan påverka arbetsuppgifter och arbetstillfällen för bygglovshandläggare och administratörer på bygglovsenheter i Sverige. Metod: Denna studie utförs som en survey. För att uppnå studiens syfte och mål har två olika datainsamlingstekniker valts, där primärdata insamlas genom intervjuer och sekundärdata via en dokumentstudie. Studien är således i huvudsak av kvalitativ karaktär, men kompletteras med kvantitativ empiri för att kunna styrka slutsatser. Resultat: I rapporten framkommer det att bygglovsprocessen effektiviseras med hjälp av RPA. Genom att automatisera moment i processen, beräknas 141,5 timmar/månad sparas in på tidigare manuellt utförda arbeten. Tiden som sparas in läggs istället på uppgifter som anses relevanta och mer kunskapskrävande. Detta i sin tur leder till en förändring av arbetsuppgifter för de anställda på bygglovsenheten och lyfts som en positiv aspekt. Vidare visar studien att bygglovshandläggares arbetstillfällen inte har påverkats på grund av RPA samt ger inga anvisningar på att deras arbeten i framtiden kommer hotas. De som påverkas mest av implementeringen är administratörer, då det främst är administrativa uppgifter som kan ersättas av RPA. Studien ger en viss indikation på att administrativa tjänster och behovet av administratörer på bygglovsenheter kan komma att minska, som en följd av automatisering. Konsekvenser: Genom att implementera RPA i bygglovsprocessen uppnås inte bara en effektivisering av processen. Andra fördelar som nöjdare medarbetare och högre kvalitét på besluten är också effekter av automatisering. Nöjdare medarbetare kan, i förlängningen, leda till färre antal uppsägningar och följaktligen en förhöjd kompetensnivå på bygglovsenheten. Högre kvalitét på beslut leder till ett ökat förtroende för bygglovsenheter i Sverige. Vidare kan även RPA bidra till en mer enhetlig bygglovsprocess kommuner emellan, då uppsatta funktioner och regler, samt information kan delges mellan kommunerna. Begränsningar: Då studien utförts som ett examensarbete har begräsningar funnits i form av antal ord som studien får omfatta. Utöver det har studien undersökt tre av Sveriges kommuner som arbetat med RPA i minst ett år. Om fler kommuner undersökts, skulle studiens validitet kunnat öka.<br>Purpose: The current digitalization of community building leads to the opportunity to automate and streamline processes in community building. Automating parts of the building permit process using Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is possible. Such implementation could lead to more efficient processes, but perhaps also other effects, negative and positive. Some of Sweden's municipalities have already implemented RPA in the building permit process and others are about to do so shortly. Therefore, it is of high relevance to investigate how much RPA can make the building permit process more efficient and investigate how automation affects the amount of work for employees at building permit units. The purpose of this study is to investigate the extent to which the building permit process can be streamlined with the help of RPA. Furthermore, the study wishes to investigate how such an implementation can affect the tasks and jobs of caseworkers and administrators at building permit units in Sweden. Method: This study is carried out as a survey. In order to achieve the purpose and objectives of the study, two different data collection techniques have been selected, where primary data is collected through interviews and secondary data via a document study. The study is thus mainly of a qualitative nature but is supplemented with quantitative empirical evidence in order to substantiate conclusions. Findings: The report shows that the building permit process is made more efficient with the help of RPA. By automating steps in the process, it is estimated that 141.5 hours/month is saved on previously manually performed work. The time saved is instead mainly spent on tasks that are considered relevant and more knowledge-intensive. This in turn leads to a change in tasks for the employees at the building permit unit, and is highlighted as a positive aspect. Furthermore, the study shows that jobs of building permit caseworkers have not been affected due to RPA and does not provide any indications that their work will be threatened in the future. Those most affected by the implementation are administrators, as it is mainly administrative tasks that can be replaced by RPA. The study provides some indication that administrative services and the need for administrators in building permit units may decrease, as a result of automation. Implications: By implementing RPA in the building permit process, not only is the process streamlined. Other benefits such as more satisfied employees and higher quality of decisions are also effects of automation. Satisfied employees can lead to fewer redundancies and consequently an increased level of competence at the building permit unit in the long run. Higher quality of decisions leads to increased trust in building permit units in Sweden. Furthermore, RPA can also contribute to a more unitary building permit process between municipalities, as established functions and rules, as well as information can be shared between the municipalities. Limitations: Since the study was carried out as a bachelor thesis, there were restrictions of the number of words that the study may include. In addition, the study examined three of Sweden's municipalities that worked with RPA for at least one year. If more municipalities were examined, the validity of the study could increase.
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Weber, Tim. "Low-energy houses - visions and reality : a statistical survey on the real energy consumption in 400 Swedish and German houses." Licentiate thesis, KTH, Byggvetenskap, 2002. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-1493.
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Sears, Carmen. "(Re)visions of the village : building and participating in the Blacksburg Electronic Village /." Thesis, This resource online, 1996. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12302008-063215/.
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Atto, Andreas. "Byggprocessen i förändring - Visionen om BIM." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för teknik och naturvetenskap, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-69576.
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Det primära syftet med detta examensarbete kan sägas vara att skapa en uppfattning hos Skanska Väg & Anläggning Sydost, som är initiativtagare till detta examensarbete, om vad BIM (Building Information Model) är och hur det lättast kan implementeras i deras arbetsprocesser. Det skulle vara omöjligt att täcka in alla aspekter av BIM under den korta tid som funnits till förfogande och inom ramen för detta examensarbete, därför har de aspekter som ansetts vara viktiga för företaget samt författaren lyfts upp för utredning. För att kunna nå dit har examensarbetet till uppgift att kartlägga och synliggöra de skillnader som finns mellan dagens byggprocess och BIM (Building Information Model) och utifrån det föreslå möjliga sätt att implementera denna arbetsmetod hos Skanska Väg & Anläggning Sydost. I examensarbetets första kapitel ges en kort introduktion och bakgrund till hur byggprocessen förändrats under tidens gång. Ett syfte och en frågeställning formuleras och en avgränsning för examensarbetets omfattning görs. I examensarbetets andra kapitel ges den teoretiska bakgrunden till dagens byggprocess. Viktiga aspekter av dagens byggprocess lyfts fram och förklaras. Därefter följer en presentation av begreppet BIM och vad det innebär. Därefter görs en kort genomgång för hur arbetet med BIM ser ut hos Skanska Sverige AB och generellt i byggbranschen. I examensarbetets tredje kapitel presenteras hur BIM används idag på vägprojekt utanför Katrineholm i ett projekt kallat för Förbifart Katrineholm där BIM tillämpats i viss utsträckning. Skillnaderna som finns mellan dagens byggprocess och BIM samt de för- och nackdelar som kan konstateras hos BIM i relation till dagens byggprocess presenteras. I examensarbetes fjärde kapitel besvaras frågeställningarna och resultatet analyseras samt diskuteras ur viktiga aspekter för byggande, för att i det femte kapitlet komma med konkreta förslag på hur en implementering av BIM i Skanska Väg & Anläggning Sydosts arbetsprocesser kan se ut.<br>The primary purpose of this thesis can be said to be to create a perception at Skanska Civil Southeast, which is the initiator of this thesis, on what BIM (Building Information Model) is and how it can most easily be implemented in their work processes. It would be impossible to cover all aspects of BIM in the short amount of time that has been available and in the context of this thesis, therefore, the aspects that were deemed important to the company and to the author has been picked up for investigation. To achieve this, the task of the thesis is to identify and highlight the differences between today's construction process, and BIM (Building Information Model) and from that suggest possible ways to implement this way of working to Skanska Civil Southeast. The thesis first chapter provides a brief introduction and background to the construction process and how it has changed over time. A purpose and questions on which the thesis is being based on are formulated and a boundary for the thesis is done. The thesis second chapter provides the theoretical background to today's construction process. Key aspects of today's construction process are highlighted and explained. This is followed by a presentation of the concept of BIM and what it means. After that, a brief review of how the work with BIM looks at Skanska Sweden AB and in the construction industry generally. The thesis third chapter presents how BIM is currently used on a road project just outside of Katrineholm in a project called Förbifart Katrineholm where BIM is being applied to some extent. The differences that exist between today’s construction process and the BIM and the pros and con that can be observed in BIM relative to today's construction process is presented. In the thesis fourth chapter answers the questions and the results are analyzed and discussed on important aspects of construction, to, in the fifth chapter make concrete proposals on how an implementation of BIM in Skanska Civil Southeast work processes may look like.
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Abraham, Johannes, and Robin Romano. "Automatisk kvalitetssäkring av information för järnvägsanläggningar : Automatic quality assurance of information for railway infrastructure." Thesis, KTH, Hälsoinformatik och logistik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-252832.
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Järnvägsbranschen står i dagsläget inför stora utmaningar med planerade infrastrukturprojekt och underhåll av befintlig järnväg. Med ökade förväntningar på utbyggnaden av den framtida järnvägen, medför det en ökad risk för belastning på det nuvarande nätet. Baksidan av utbyggnaden kan bli fler inställda resor och förseningar. Genom att dra nytta av tekniska innovationer såsom digitalisering och automatisering kan det befintliga system och arbetsprocesser utvecklas för en effektivare hantering. Trafikverket ställer krav på Byggnadsinformationsmodeller (BIM) i upphandlingar. Projektering för signalanläggningar sker hos Sweco med CAD-programmet Promis.e. Från programmet kan Baninformationslistor (BIS-listor) innehållande information om objekts attribut hämtas. Trafikverket ställer krav på att attributen ska bestå av ett visst format eller ha specifika värden. I detta examensarbete undersöks metoder för att automatisk verifiera ifall objekt har tillåtna värden från projekteringsverktyget samt implementering av en metod. Undersökta metoder innefattar kalkyleringsprogrammet Excel, frågespråket Structured Query Language (SQL) och processen Extract, Transform and Load (ETL). Efter analys av metoder valdes processen ETL. Resultatet blev att ett program skapades för att automatiskt välja vilken typ av BIS-lista som skulle granskas och för att verifiera om attributen innehöll tillåtna värden. För att undersöka om kostnaden för programmen skulle gynna företaget utöver kvalitetssäkringen utfördes en ekonomisk analys. Enligt beräkningarna kunde valet av att automatisera granskningen även motiveras ur ett ekonomiskt perspektiv.<br>With increased expectations for the expansion of the future railway, this entails an increased load on the current railway network. The result of the expansion can be an increasing number of cancellations and delays. By taking advantage of technological innovations such as digitalization and automation, the existing system and work processes can be developed for more efficient management. The Swedish Transport Administration sets requirements for Building Information Modeling (BIM) in procurements. The planning of signal installations within the railway takes place in Sweco using the CAD program Promis.e. From the program, lists containing the information of the objects (BIS-lists) can be retrieved. The Swedish Transport Administration requires that the attributes must consist of a certain format or have specific values. In this thesis project, methods for automatic quality assurance of infrastructure information and the implementation of the method for rail projects were examined. The investigated methods include the calculation program Excel, the query programming language SQL and the process of ETL. After analyzing the methods, the ETL process was chosen. The result was that a program was created to automatically select the type of BIS list that would be reviewed and to verify that the examined attributes contained allowed values. In order to investigate whether the cost of the programs would benefit the company in addition to the quality assurance, an economic analysis was carried out. According to the calculations, the choice of method could also be justified from an economic perspective.
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Lindley, Penelope. "Building resilience in health visitor students for coping with adversity in practice." Thesis, University of Brighton, 2015. https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/c1452b4e-3556-4cff-9f2a-06eb4829a38c.
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Health Visiting (the specialism of public health nursing focusing on families and children) has been under threat over the last decade, with a considerable reduction in staff establishment. This has contributed to discrepancies in practice between broad public health standards, against which health visitor education is validated, and the reality of practice that is dominated by safeguarding (child protection) work. Negative workplace experiences have coincided with this reduction in staff numbers, include growing workloads, diminishing resources, and significant organisational change. Encountering such adversity in practice can impact negatively on the functioning and wellbeing of a newly qualified health visitor.