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A Review of Systems for Information Modelling in the Built Environment

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Data-Driven Modeling for Sustainable Engineering (ICEASSM 2017)

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Abstract

The built environment can be described to constitute the surrounding and existing elements created by humans. The systems for modelling information related to the built environment are numerous. Their development is based on varying assumptions and tailored to the various domains in which they are deployed. The functions of these systems are sometimes similar or overlap, and they tend to end up with similar acronyms, thereby creating confusion to stakeholders in the built environment. As such, stakeholders also find it difficult to choose systems best suited for their needs among the numerous existing ones. A comprehensive record of systems in the built environment with clear definitions of their functions and areas of overlap is therefore necessary to straighten up such confusion and provide requisite understanding among stakeholders. A literature review of information modelling systems in the built environment is therefore proposed. The review examines systems in key sectors of the built environment such the architecture, engineering, construction, geography and urban planning. We conclude that stakeholders should give strong consideration for interoperability needs along the supply chain in which they work while deciding on the choice of information modelling systems to procure.

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  1. School of Built Environment, Oxford Brookes University, Headington, Oxford, UK

    Akponanabofa Henry Oti & Henry Fonbeyin Abanda

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    Kondo H. Adjallah

  2. Institut Charles Delaunay, University of Technology of Troyes, Troyes, France

    Babiga Birregah

  3. School of the Built Environment, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK

    Henry Fonbeyin Abanda

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Oti, A.H., Abanda, H.F. (2020). A Review of Systems for Information Modelling in the Built Environment. In: Adjallah, K., Birregah, B., Abanda, H. (eds) Data-Driven Modeling for Sustainable Engineering. ICEASSM 2017. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 72. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13697-0_12

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