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Information Designing

InformationManagement

InformationDesigning

Implementation


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InformationDatabase

andResource

Dictionary

Operationand Maintenance

Implementation

Analysis

Design

Planning


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Application to Project

Facility Structural HVAC Electrical Lighting Communications Other SystemsComplexes (Cities) Land Use Population (Demographics) Transportation Economics Infrastructure Utilities Services Health Natural Environment

Human

Organize

Circulate

Communicate

Produce

Explore

Geology

Physiography

Soils

Climate

Hydrology

SolarEnergy

SolarEnergy EnvelopeEnvelope

Design

Analysis

Manufacturing(Construction)

Operations

Green Plants

Flow of Matter Nutrients

Performance

Herbivores

Carnivores

Decomposers

BioticPerformance

Abiotic

Planetary Surface

Impacts

Effects


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Analysis System

A

A

A

Real World

subsystems

y

y

1

2

2

1

n


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Analysis System

Global Planning andProblem Solving

Learning

Programmed Analysis

Real World

Selection ofAnalysisStrategy

Selection ofLearningStrategy

Learning ofAnalysisStrategy

Selectionof optimalpolicy


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DATA

INFORMATION

DECISION

KNOWLEDGE

STATE

ATTRIBUTE

ATTRIBUTE

ACTION

STATE

GEOCODE

STATE

STATE


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Three Schema Approach

ANSI / X3 / SPARC Standard forEnterprise Planning

Conceptual Schema Neutral View

Internal Schema Computer View

External Schema Users View

P

Z


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IDEF Context Diagram

Input Output

Control

Mechanism

Activity

IDEF = ICAM Definition LanguageICAM=Integrated Computer Assisted Manufacturing


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A Definition

Policy: Decision making in the absence of

knowledge or information.


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Two Approaches to

Decision Making

RawData

SummaryConclusions

Traditional Decision Making

Pattern Recognition, Prediction, Empirical Determination


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Matrix of Information

Land Use Natural Envn. E I S

Agencies

2ndary Effects

Effects

Housing

Activities

Population Anyl.

Built from Context Built Form Context

Health Care

Health FacilitiesHealth Status

Patient Disposition Health Facilities

Payment EvaluateFacilities

Health Status EvaluateCare

CENSUS

HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

URBANENVIRONMENT

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT


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Urban Information

Classification

Land Use

Population Demography

Transportation

Economics

Urban Infrastructure

Energy & Utilities

Government Services

Health

Natural Environment

Market Criteria

Production & Commerce

Planning

Development

Accessibility

Restrictions

Human Resources

Sets Supersets


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Facility Information

Classification

Foundation

Super Structure

Exterior Closure

Roofing

Interior Closure

Conveying Systems

Elec. & Mech. Systems

Equipment

Site Work

Construction

Documentation

Cost Estimating

Space Planning

3D Modeling

Business Management

Property Management

Sets Supersets


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Mapped UrbanInformation Processing

Land Use PopulationandDemography

EnergyandUtilities

Transportation

GovernmentServices

EconomicData

Physical Structure andInfrastructure

Health Data NaturalEnvironment

Composite Map


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ClimateHydrology

Legal

Physiography

Geology

Rainfall

WaterErosion

Wind

Rocks

UtilitiesSoil

Zoning

BuildingsNoise

ViewsAccess

Sunlight

Physical Characteristics

Drainage

Vegetation

Boundaries

EasementsZoning

Context

Temp./Hum.

Contours


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Entity Relationships: Table

universeuniverse

blockblock tabletable

toptop legslegs

leg4leg4leg1leg1

leg3leg3leg2leg2

contains contains

has-a-part

has-a-part has-a-part

has-a-parthas-a-part

has-a-part

1

11

1 1

1


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Entity Relationships: Greek Temple

worldworld

cubecube

tabletable

toptop legslegs

legleg

contains contains

has

4

has

templetemple

cellacella

roofroof

consists of

consists ofcolumnscolumns

stepssteps

consists of

consists of

columncolumn6

stepstep4

back_wallback_wall

2side_wallside_wall

2

front_wallfront_wall

made of

made of

made of

tympanumtympanum

made of

2made of

pitchpitch

contains


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Decomposition of Entity Relationships

TempleTempleconsists of has

PartsPartsCharacteristicsCharacteristics

WallsWalls

CellaCella

OrderOrderPlinthPlinth

RoofRoof

TympanumTympanum

StructureStructure

PitchesPitches

Statue of DeityStatue of Deity

include

conceals

includessupport

enclose

supports

shelter

supports

consists of

ColumnsColumns

EntablatureEntablature MeasureMeasure

Grid Grid

ModuleModule

IntercolumniationIntercolumniation Directionality Directionality

ScaleScale

LocationLocation

Relation to ContextRelation to ContextTypeType

DedicationDedication

OrientationOrientation

supports

support

includes

determines

scales

scales

indludes

scales

dimensions

positions

prescribes

include

identifies

prescribeshas

conceal

supports


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Hierarchy of Entity Relationships

COLUMN GRID 1. local transformation 2. execute column 3. local transformation 4. execute column 5. local transformation 6. execute column 7. local transformation 8. execute column 9. local transformation10. execute column11. local transformation12. execute column

COLUMN GRID 1. local transformation 2. execute column 3. local transformation 4. execute column 5. local transformation 6. execute column 7. local transformation 8. execute column 9. local transformation10. execute column11. local transformation12. execute column

PLINTH1. representation flags2. local transformation3. execute platform

PLINTH1. representation flags2. local transformation3. execute platform

PLATFORM 1. primitive2. execute steps

PLATFORM 1. primitive2. execute steps

STEPS1. local transformation2. execute onestep3. local transformation4. execute onestep5. local transformation6. execute onestep

STEPS1. local transformation2. execute onestep3. local transformation4. execute onestep5. local transformation6. execute onestep

TEMPLE1. representation flags 3. execute plinth 5. execute order2. global transformation 4. execute cella 6. roof

TEMPLE1. representation flags 3. execute plinth 5. execute order2. global transformation 4. execute cella 6. roof

CELLA 1. representation flags 2. local transformation 3. execute rear wall 4. local transformation 5. execute side wall 6. local transformation 7. execute side wall 8. local transformation 9. execute front wall10. local transformation11. execute front wall

CELLA 1. representation flags 2. local transformation 3. execute rear wall 4. local transformation 5. execute side wall 6. local transformation 7. execute side wall 8. local transformation 9. execute front wall10. local transformation11. execute front wall

COLUMN1. primitive

COLUMN1. primitive

ORDER1. representation flags2. local transformation 3. execute column grid

ORDER1. representation flags2. local transformation 3. execute column grid

PITCH 1. primitive

PITCH 1. primitive

TYMPANUM 1. primitive

TYMPANUM 1. primitive

ONESTEP 1. primitive

ONESTEP 1. primitive

REAR WALL 1. primitive

REAR WALL 1. primitive

FRONT WALL 1. primitive

FRONT WALL 1. primitive

SIDE WALL 1. primitive

SIDE WALL 1. primitive

ROOF1. representation flags2. local transformation3. execute tympanum4. local transformation5. execute pitch6. local transformation7. execute pitch

ROOF1. representation flags2. local transformation3. execute tympanum4. local transformation5. execute pitch6. local transformation7. execute pitch


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Information Processing

by Translation

TranslationSpeak Easy

SoftwareCASE

CADDumb Vectors

PHIGSSmart Vectors

RenderingRasters

GISRelational Data

BasesDATA

Local Data

VolumetricsVoxels

DATADB2

Translation Between Machines and Data Types


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Software Systems Integration

CADG FM

CADAMCATIA

IMS/DL1

IGES/ PDES

Other

PHIGS

PatternFinding

SyntheticEnvironments

Modeling

NetworkSimulation

Other

Connectivity

D82/SQL

GPG

InteractiveEnvironment(SpeakEasy)

ExchangeSpecifications

Data BaseAccess

ExchangeSpecifications

GDB8

RELATIONAL

OTHER

HIERARCHIAL

Data BasesAnalysisGraphics

FACILITIES (CITIES)

FACILITY MANAGEMENT (BUILDINGS)

MANUFACTURING


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Simulation

REAL WORLD PROCESSESNatural Environment, Cities,

Buildings, Manufacturing, Etc.

SIMULATION

Real WorldData Types

Central Database

Analysis / ManagementComputer Programs

Computer-Aided DesignGraphics Files

PaperPlans

AccountingProcedures

ComputerDocumentation


Current Research


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Quote from The Laws of Form, by G. Spencer Brown

"The theme of this book is that a universe comes into being when a space is served or taken apart.

The skin of a living organism cuts off an outside from an inside. So does the circumference of a circle in a plane.

By tracing the way we represent such a severance, we can begin to reconstruct, with an accuracy and coverage that appear almost uncanny, the basic forms underlying linguistic, mathematical, physical, and biological science, and can begin to see how the familiar laws of our own experience follow inexorably from the original act of severance.

The act is itself already remembered, even if unconsciously, as our first attempt to distinguish different things in a world where, in the first place, the boundaries can be drawn anywhere we please."

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