Co-ordinator:
Dr Ian Watson
 		This module provides construction professionals with an overview of advanced technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and object oriented methodologies. It provides a comprehensive guide for specifying the requirements of object oriented information systems and technologies within the construction industry. The module also offers an overview of object oriented databases.

Subjects include:

  • Knowledge elicitation and engineering
  • Rule based systems
  • Case Based Reasoning
  • Neural networks
  • Overview of object technology
  • Object oriented structure
  • Object oriented behaviour
  • Object oriented methodologies
  • Object oriented databases and life cycle
  • Case studies
Main Educational outcomes:

  • Understanding knowledge elicitation and engineering
  • Developing expert systems
  • Understanding the object oriented concepts
  • Using object modelling techniques to analyse construction systems