TY - JOUR A1 - Knecht, Katja T1 - Augmented Urban Model: Ein Tangible User Interface zur Unterstützung von Stadtplanungsprozessen N2 - Im architektonischen und städtebaulichen Kontext erfüllen physische und digitale Modelle aufgrund ihrer weitgehend komplementären Eigenschaften und Qualitäten unterschiedliche, nicht verknüpfte Aufgaben und Funktionen im Entwurfs- und Planungsprozess. Während physische Modelle vor allem als Darstellungs- und Kommunikationsmittel aber auch als Arbeitswerkzeug genutzt werden, unterstützen digitale Modelle darüber hinaus die Evaluation eines Entwurfs durch computergestützte Analyse- und Simulationstechniken. Analysiert wurden im Rahmen der in diesem Arbeitspapier vorgestellten Arbeit neben dem Einsatz des Modells als analogem und digitalem Werkzeug im Entwurf die Bedeutung des Modells für den Arbeitsprozess sowie Vorbilder aus dem Bereich der Tangible User Interfaces mit Bezug zu Architek¬tur und Städtebau. Aus diesen Betrachtungen heraus wurde ein Prototyp entwickelt, das Augmented Urban Model, das unter anderem auf den frühen Projekten und Forschungsansätzen aus dem Gebiet der Tangible User Interfaces aufsetzt, wie dem metaDESK von Ullmer und Ishii und dem Urban Planning Tool Urp von Underkoffler und Ishii. Das Augmented Urban Model zielt darauf ab, die im aktuellen Entwurfs- und Planungsprozess fehlende Brücke zwischen realen und digitalen Modellwelten zu schlagen und gleichzeitig eine neue tangible Benutzerschnittstelle zu schaffen, welche die Manipulation von und die Interaktion mit digitalen Daten im realen Raum ermöglicht. T3 - Arbeitspapiere Informatik in der Architektur - Nr. 6 KW - tangible user interface KW - simulation Y1 - 2011 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20160823-26740 UR - http://infar.architektur.uni-weimar.de/service/drupal-infar/Arbeitspapiere ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Köhler, Hermann A1 - König, Reinhard T1 - Aktionsräume in Dresden N2 - In vorliegender Studie werden die Aktionsräume von Befragten in Dresden über eine standardisierte Befragung (n=360) untersucht. Die den Aktionsräumen zugrundeliegenden Aktivitäten werden unterschieden in Einkaufen für den täglichen Bedarf, Ausgehen (z.B. in Café, Kneipe, Gaststätte), Erholung im Freien (z.B. spazieren gehen, Nutzung von Grünanlagen) und private Geselligkeit (z.B. Feiern, Besuch von Verwandten/Freunden). Der Aktionsradius wird unterschieden in Wohnviertel, Nachbarviertel und sonstiges weiteres Stadtgebiet. Um aus den vier betrachteten Aktivitäten einen umfassenden Kennwert für den durchschnittlichen Aktionsradius eines Befragten zu bilden, wird ein Modell für den Kennwert eines Aktionsradius entwickelt. Die Studie kommt zu dem Ergebnis, dass das Alter der Befragten einen signifikanten – wenn auch geringen – Einfluss auf den Aktionsradius hat. Das Haushaltsnettoeinkommen hat einen mit Einschränkung signifikanten, ebenfalls geringen Einfluss auf alltägliche Aktivitäten der Befragten. T3 - Arbeitspapiere Informatik in der Architektur - Nr. 14 KW - Aktionsraumforschung KW - Quantitative Sozialforschung KW - Dresden Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20160822-26726 UR - http://infar.architektur.uni-weimar.de/service/drupal-infar/Arbeitspapiere ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Köhler, Hermann T1 - Ergebnisse der Befragung zu Wohnstandortpräferenzen von Lebensweltsegmenten in Dresden N2 - In vorliegender Studie werden die Wohnstandortpräferenzen der Sinus-Milieugruppen in Dresden über eine standardisierte Befragung (n=318) untersucht. Es wird unterschieden zwischen handlungsleitenden Wohnstandortpräferenzen, die durch Anhaltspunkte auf der Handlungsebene stärker in Betracht gezogen werden sollten, und Wohnstandortpräferenzen, welche eher orientierenden Charakter haben. Die Wohnstandortpräferenzen werden untersucht anhand der Kategorien Ausstattung/Zustand der Wohnung/des näheren Wohnumfeldes, Versorgungsstruktur, soziales Umfeld, Baustrukturtyp, Ortsgebundenheit sowie des Aspektes des Images eines Stadtviertels. Um die Befragten den Sinus-Milieugruppen zuordnen zu können, wird ein Lebensweltsegment-Modell entwickelt, welches den Anspruch hat, die Sinus-Milieugruppen in der Tendenz abzubilden. Die Studie kommt zu dem Ergebnis, dass die Angehörigen der verschiedenen Lebensweltsegmente in jeder Kategorie - wenn auch z.T. auf geringerem Niveau - signifikante Unterschiede in der Bewertung einzelner Wohnstandortpräferenzen aufweisen. T3 - Arbeitspapiere Informatik in der Architektur - Nr. 12 KW - Milieuforschung KW - Residentielle Mobilität KW - Wohnstandortpräferenzen KW - Wohnstandortentscheidungen KW - Quantitative Sozialforschung Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20160822-26704 UR - http://infar.architektur.uni-weimar.de/service/drupal-infar/Arbeitspapiere ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Tonn, Christian A1 - Tatarin, René T1 - Volumen Rendering in der Architektur: Überlagerung und Kombination von 3D Voxel Volumendaten mit 3D Gebäudemodellen N2 - Volumerendering ist eine Darstellungstechnik, um verschiedene räumliche Mess- und Simulationsdaten anschaulich, interaktiv grafisch darzustellen. Im folgenden Beitrag wird ein Verfahren vorgestellt, mehrere Volumendaten mit einem Architekturflächenmodell zu überlagern. Diese komplexe Darstellungsberechnung findet mit hardwarebeschleunigten Shadern auf der Grafikkarte statt. Im Beitrag wird hierzu der implementierte Softwareprototyp "VolumeRendering" vorgestellt. Neben dem interaktiven Berechnungsverfahren wurde ebenso Wert auf eine nutzerfreundliche Bedienung gelegt. Das Ziel bestand darin, eine einfache Bewertung der Volumendaten durch Fachplaner zu ermöglichen. Durch die Überlagerung, z. B. verschiedener Messverfahren mit einem Flächenmodell, ergeben sich Synergien und neue Auswertungsmöglichkeiten. Abschließend wird anhand von Beispielen aus einem interdisziplinären Forschungsprojekt die Anwendung des Softwareprototyps illustriert. T3 - Arbeitspapiere Informatik in der Architektur - Nr. 13 KW - Multiple Volume Rendering KW - Overlay KW - 3D Surface Models Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20160822-26718 UR - http://infar.architektur.uni-weimar.de/service/drupal-infar/Arbeitspapiere ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kalisch, Dominik T1 - Wissen wer wo wohnt N2 - In cities people live together in neighbourhoods. Here they can find the infrastructure they need, starting with shops for the daily purpose to the life-cycle based infrastructures like kindergartens or nursing homes. But not all neighbourhoods are identical. The infrastructure mixture varies from neighbourhood to neighbourhood, but different people have different needs which can change e.g. based on the life cycle situation or their affiliation to a specific milieu. We can assume that a person or family tries to settle in a specific neighbourhood that satisfies their needs. So, if the residents are happy with a neighbourhood, we can further assume that this neighbourhood satisfies their needs. The socio-oeconomic panel (SOEP) of the German Institute for Economy (DIW) is a survey that investigates the economic structure of the German population. Every four years one part of this survey includes questions about what infrastructures can be found in the respondents neighbourhood and the satisfaction of the respondent with their neighbourhood. Further, it is possible to add a milieu estimation for each respondent or household. This gives us the possibility to analyse the typical neighbourhoods in German cities as well as the infrastructure profiles of the different milieus. Therefore, we take the environment variables from the dataset and recode them into a binary variable – whether an infrastructure is available or not. According to Faust (2005), these sets can also be understood, as a network of actors in a neighbourhood, which share two, three or more infrastructures. Like these networks, this neighbourhood network can also be visualized as a bipartite affiliation network and therefore analysed using correspondence analysis. We will show how a neighbourhood analysis will benefit from an upstream correspondence analysis and how this could be done. We will also present and discuss the results of such an analysis. T3 - Arbeitspapiere Informatik in der Architektur - Nr. 11 KW - urban planning KW - cluster analysis KW - urban research-quantitative KW - complex data analysis KW - singular value decomposition Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20160822-26695 UR - http://infar.architektur.uni-weimar.de/service/drupal-infar/Arbeitspapiere ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hahlbrock, David A1 - Braun, Michael A1 - Heidel, Robin A1 - Lemmen, Patrik A1 - Boumann, Roland A1 - Bruckmann, Tobias A1 - Schramm, Dieter A1 - Helm, Volker A1 - Willmann, Jan T1 - Cable Robotic 3D-printing: additive manufacturing on the construction site JF - Construction Robotics N2 - This paper outlines an important step in characterizing a novel field of robotic construction research where a cable-driven parallel robot is used to extrude cementitious material in three-dimensional space, and thus offering a comprehensive new approach to computational design and construction, and to robotic fabrication at larger scales. Developed by the Faculty of Art and Design at Bauhaus-University Weimar (Germany), the faculty of Architecture at the University of Applied Sciences Dortmund (Germany) and the Chair of Mechatronics at the University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany), this approach offers unique advantages over existing additive manufacturing methods: the system is easily transportable and scalable, it does not require additional formwork or scaffolding, and it offers digital integration and informational oversight across the entire design and building process. This paper considers 1) key research components of cable robotic 3D-printing (such as computational design, material exploration, and robotic control), and 2) the integration of these parameters into a unified design and building process. The demonstration of the approach at full-scale is of particular concern. KW - Robotik KW - Automation KW - 3D-Printing KW - Cable-driven parallel robots Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20230124-48791 UR - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41693-022-00082-3 VL - 2022 SP - 1 EP - 14 PB - Springer International Publishing CY - Cham ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stadler, Max T1 - Gründerzeit. Hightech und Alternativen der Wissenschaft in West-Berlin JF - NTM Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Wissenschaften, Technik und Medizin N2 - Zu den diversen Unternehmungen sozialbewegter „Gegenwissenschaft“, die um 1980 auf der Bildfläche der BRD erschienen, zählte der 1982 gegründete Berliner Wissenschaftsladen e. V., kurz WILAB – eine Art „alternatives“ Spin-off der Technischen Universität Berlin. Der vorliegende Beitrag situiert die Ausgründung des „Ladens“ im Kontext zeitgenössischer Fortschritte der (regionalen) Forschungs- und Technologiepolitik. Gezeigt wird, wie der deindustrialisierenden Inselstadt, qua „innovationspolitischer“ Gegensteuerung, dabei sogar eine gewisse Vorreiterrolle zukam: über die Stadtgrenzen hinaus sichtbare Neuerungen wie die Gründermesse BIG TECH oder das 1983 eröffnete Berliner Innovations- und Gründerzentrum (BIG), der erste „Incubator“ [sic] der BRD, etwa gingen auf das Konto der 1977/78 lancierten Technologie-Transferstelle der TU Berlin, TU-transfer. Anders gesagt: tendenziell bekam man es hier nun mit Verhältnissen zu tun, die immer weniger mit den Träumen einer „kritischen“, nicht-fremdbestimmten (Gegen‑)Wissenschaft kompatibel waren. Latent konträr zur historiographischen Prominenz des wissenschaftskritischen Zeitgeists fristeten „alternativen“ Zielsetzungen verpflichtete Unternehmungen wie „WILAB“ ein relativ marginalisiertes Nischendasein. Dennoch wirft das am WILAB verfolgte, so gesehen wenig aussichtsreiche Anliegen, eine andere, nämlich „humanere“ Informationstechnologie in die Wege zu leiten, ein instruktives Licht auf die Aufbrüche „unternehmerischer“ Wissenschaft in der BRD um 1980. KW - Berlin KW - Wissenschaftspolitik KW - Gegenwissenschaft KW - Gegenwissen KW - Informatik KW - Strukturkrise Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20230124-48800 UR - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00048-022-00352-9 VL - 2022 IS - 30 (2022) SP - 599 EP - 632 PB - Basel CY - Birkhäuser ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Knecht, Katja A1 - König, Reinhard T1 - Automatische Grundstücksumlegung mithilfe von Unterteilungsalgorithmen und typenbasierte Generierung von Stadtstrukturen N2 - Dieses Arbeitspapier beschreibt, wie ausgehend von einem vorhandenen Straßennetzwerk Bebauungsareale mithilfe von Unterteilungsalgorithmen automatisch umgelegt, d.h. in Grundstücke unterteilt, und anschließend auf Basis verschiedener städtebaulicher Typen bebaut werden können. Die Unterteilung von Bebauungsarealen und die Generierung von Bebauungsstrukturen unterliegen dabei bestimmten stadtplanerischen Einschränkungen, Vorgaben und Parametern. Ziel ist es aus den dargestellten Untersuchungen heraus ein Vorschlagssystem für stadtplanerische Entwürfe zu entwickeln, das anhand der Umsetzung eines ersten Softwareprototyps zur Generierung von Stadtstrukturen weiter diskutiert wird. T3 - Arbeitspapiere Informatik in der Architektur - Nr. 15 KW - Automatisierung KW - Grundstücksumlegung KW - städtische Strukturen KW - Unterteilungsalgorithmen KW - Computational Design Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20160822-26730 UR - http://infar.architektur.uni-weimar.de/service/drupal-infar/Arbeitspapiere ER - TY - JOUR A1 - König, Reinhard T1 - Computers in the design phase - Ten thesis on their uselessness T1 - Der Computer in der Entwurfsphase - Zehn Thesen zu seiner Nutzlosigkeit JF - Der Generalist N2 - At the end of the 1960s, architects at various universities world- wide began to explore the potential of computer technology for their profession. With the decline in prices for PCs in the 1990s and the development of various computer-aided architectural design systems (CAAD), the use of such systems in architectural and planning offices grew continuously. Because today no ar- chitectural office manages without a costly CAAD system and because intensive soſtware training has become an integral part of a university education, the question arises about what influence the various computer systems have had on the design process forming the core of architectural practice. The text at hand devel- ops ten theses about why there has been no success to this day in introducing computers such that new qualitative possibilities for design result. RESTRICTEDNESS KW - computational design KW - CAD Y1 - 2008 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20160622-26075 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - König, Reinhard A1 - Standfest, Matthias A1 - Schmitt, Gerhard ED - Thompson, Emine Mine T1 - Evolutionary multi-criteria optimization for building layout planning: Exemplary application based on the PSSA framework JF - 32nd eCAADe Conference - Volume 2 N2 - When working on urban planning projects there are usually multiple aspects to consider. Often these aspects are contradictory and it is not possible to choose one over the other; instead, they each need to be fulfilled as well as possible. Planners typically draw on past experience when subjectively prioritising which aspects to consider with which degree of importance for their planning concepts. This practice, although understandable, places power and authority in the hands of people who have varying degrees of expertise, which means that the best possible solution is not always found, because it is either not sought or the problem is regarded as being too complex for human capabilities. To improve this situation, the project presented here shows the potential of multi-criteria optimisation algorithms using the example of a new housing layout for an urban block. In addition it is shown, how Self-Organizing-Maps can be used to visualise multi-dimensional solution spaces in an easy analysable and comprehensible form. KW - Architektur Y1 - 2014 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20160121-25139 UR - http://cumincad.scix.net/cgi-bin/works/Show?_id=ecaade2014_019&sort=DEFAULT&search=series%3aecaade year%3a2014&hits=132 SP - 567 EP - 574 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - König, Reinhard A1 - Knecht, Katja T1 - Comparing two evolutionary algorithm based methods for layout generation: Dense packing versus subdivision JF - Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing N2 - We present and compare two evolutionary algorithm based methods for rectangular architectural layout generation: dense packing and subdivision algorithms.We analyze the characteristics of the two methods on the basis of three floor plan sce- narios. Our analyses include the speed with which solutions are generated, the reliability with which optimal solutions can be found, and the number of different solutions that can be found overall. In a following step, we discuss the methods with respect to their different user interaction capabilities. In addition, we show that each method has the capability to generate more complex L-shaped layouts. Finally,we conclude that neither of the methods is superior but that each of them is suitable for use in distinct application scenarios because of its different properties. KW - Architektur KW - Informatik KW - Kremlas Y1 - 2014 UR - http://www.journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0890060414000237 N1 - Paper is only available from the journal home page. SP - 285 EP - 299 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Klein, Bernhard A1 - König, Reinhard T1 - Computational Urban Planning: Using the Value Lab as Control Center JF - FCL Magazine, Special Issue Simulation Platform N2 - Urban planning involves many aspects and various disciplines, demanding an asynchronous planning approach. The level of complexity rises with each aspect to be considered and makes it difficult to find universally satisfactory solutions. To improve this situation we propose a new approach, which complement traditional design methods with a computational urban plan- ning method that can fulfil formalizable design requirements automatically. Based on this approach we present a design space exploration framework for complex urban planning projects. For a better understanding of the idea of design space exploration, we introduce the concept of a digital scout which guides planners through the design space and assists them in their creative explorations. The scout can support planners during manual design by informing them about potential im- pacts or by suggesting different solutions that fulfill predefined quality requirements. The planner can change flexibly between a manually controlled and a completely automated design process. The developed system is presented using an exemplary urban planning scenario on two levels from the street layout to the placement of building volumes. Based on Self-Organizing Maps we implemented a method which makes it possible to visualize the multi-dimensional solution space in an easily analysable and comprehensible form. KW - Computational Urban Design KW - Stadtgestaltung Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20160622-26011 SP - 38 EP - 45 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - König, Reinhard T1 - Die Stadt der Agenten und Automaten JF - FORUM - Architektur & Bauforum N2 - PLANUNGSUNTERSTÜTZUNG DURCH DIE ANALYSE RÄUMLICHER PROZESSE MITTELS COMPUTERSIMULATIONEN. Erst wenn man – zumindest im Prinzip – versteht, wie eine Stadt mit ihren komplexen, verwobenen Vorgängen im Wesentlichen funktioniert, ist eine sinnvolle Stadtplanung möglich. Denn jede Planung bedeutet einen Eingriff in den komplexen Organismus einer Stadt. Findet dieser Eingriff ohne Wissen über die Funktionsweise des Organismus statt, können auch die Auswirkungen nicht abgeschätzt werden. Dieser Beitrag stellt dar, wie urbane Prozesse mittels Computersimulationen unter Zuhilfenahme so genannter Multi-Agenten-Systeme und Zellulärer Automaten verstanden werden können. von KW - Computational Urban Design KW - CAD Y1 - 2007 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20160622-26083 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Treyer, Lukas A1 - Klein, Bernhard A1 - König, Reinhard A1 - Meixner, Christine T1 - Lightweight Urban Computation Interchange (LUCI): A System to Couple Heterogenous Simulations and Views JF - Spatial Information Research N2 - In this paper we introduce LUCI, a Lightweight Urban Calculation Interchange system, designed to bring the advantages of calculation and content co-ordination system to small planning and design groups by the means of an open source middle-ware. The middle-ware focuses on problems typical to urban planning and therefore features a geo-data repository as well as a job runtime administration, to coordinate simulation models and its multiple views. The described system architecture is accompanied by two exemplary use cases, that have been used to test and further develop our concepts and implementations. KW - Middle-ware KW - Design-simulation-loop KW - Computational urban planning KW - Distributed computing KW - Multiple comparative views Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20160622-26037 UR - http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41324-016-0025-y SP - 1 EP - 12 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - König, Reinhard A1 - Bauriedel, Christian T1 - Generating settlement structures: a method for urban planning and analysis supported by cellular automata JF - Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design N2 - Previous models for the explanation of settlement processes pay little attention to the interactions between settlement spreading and road networks. On the basis of a dielectric breakdown model in combination with cellular automata, we present a method to steer precisely the generation of settlement structures with regard to their global and local density as well as the size and number of forming clusters. The resulting structures depend on the logic of how the dependence of the settlements and the road network is implemented to the simulation model. After analysing the state of the art we begin with a discussion of the mutual dependence of roads and land development. Next, we elaborate a model that permits the precise control of permeability in the developing structure as well as the settlement density, using the fewest necessary control parameters. On the basis of different characteristic values, possible settlement structures are analysed and compared with each other. Finally, we reflect on the theoretical contribution of the model with regard to the context of urban dynamics. KW - Cellular automata KW - Computational urban design Y1 - 2009 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20160624-26054 UR - http://www.envplan.com.proxy.lib.sfu.ca/abstract.cgi?id=b34025 SP - 602 EP - 624 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bimber, Oliver A1 - Iwai, Daisuke T1 - Superimposing Dynamic Range JF - Eurographics 2009 N2 - Replacing a uniform illumination by a high-frequent illumination enhances the contrast of observed and captured images. We modulate spatially and temporally multiplexed (projected) light with reflective or transmissive matter to achieve high dynamic range visualizations of radiological images on printed paper or ePaper, and to boost the optical contrast of images viewed or imaged with light microscopes. KW - CGI KW - Computer graphics KW - Image processing KW - Computer vision KW - 54.73 Y1 - 2009 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20120130-15325 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Söbke, Heinrich A1 - Lück, Andrea T1 - Framing Algorithm-Driven Development of Sets of Objectives Using Elementary Interactions JF - Applied System Innovation N2 - Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) is an established methodology to support the decision-making of multi-objective problems. For conducting an MCDA, in most cases, a set of objectives (SOO) is required, which consists of a hierarchical structure comprised of objectives, criteria, and indicators. The development of an SOO is usually based on moderated development processes requiring high organizational and cognitive effort from all stakeholders involved. This article proposes elementary interactions as a key paradigm of an algorithm-driven development process for an SOO that requires little moderation efforts. Elementary interactions are self-contained information requests that may be answered with little cognitive effort. The pairwise comparison of elements in the well-known analytical hierarchical process (AHP) is an example of an elementary interaction. Each elementary interaction in the development process presented contributes to the stepwise development of an SOO. Based on the hypothesis that an SOO may be developed exclusively using elementary interactions (EIs), a concept for a multi-user platform is proposed. Essential components of the platform are a Model Aggregator, an Elementary Interaction Stream Generator, a Participant Manager, and a Discussion Forum. While the latter component serves the professional exchange of the participants, the first three components are intended to be automatable by algorithms. The platform concept proposed has been evaluated partly in an explorative validation study demonstrating the general functionality of the algorithms outlined. In summary, the platform concept suggested demonstrates the potential to ease SOO development processes as the platform concept does not restrict the application domain; it is intended to work with little administration moderation efforts, and it supports the further development of an existing SOO in the event of changes in external conditions. The algorithm-driven development of SOOs proposed in this article may ease the development of MCDA applications and, thus, may have a positive effect on the spread of MCDA applications. KW - Multikriteria-Entscheidung KW - Multikriterielle Entscheidungsanalyse KW - multi-criteria decision analysis; KW - set of objectives KW - crowdsourcing KW - platform KW - elementary interaction KW - OA-Publikationsfonds2022 Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20220713-46624 UR - https://www.mdpi.com/2571-5577/5/3/49 VL - 2022 IS - Volume 5, issue 3, article 49 SP - 1 EP - 20 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - König, Reinhard T1 - Interview on Information Architecture JF - Swiss Architecture in the Moving Image N2 - Interview on Information Architecture KW - Architektur Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20180422-25078 SP - 151 EP - 154 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mosavi, Amir A1 - Hosseini Imani, Mahmood A1 - Zalzar, Shaghayegh A1 - Shamshirband, Shahaboddin T1 - Strategic Behavior of Retailers for Risk Reduction and Profit Increment via Distributed Generators and Demand Response Programs JF - Energies N2 - Following restructuring of power industry, electricity supply to end-use customers has undergone fundamental changes. In the restructured power system, some of the responsibilities of the vertically integrated distribution companies have been assigned to network managers and retailers. Under the new situation, retailers are in charge of providing electrical energy to electricity consumers who have already signed contract with them. Retailers usually provide the required energy at a variable price, from wholesale electricity markets, forward contracts with energy producers, or distributed energy generators, and sell it at a fixed retail price to its clients. Different strategies are implemented by retailers to reduce the potential financial losses and risks associated with the uncertain nature of wholesale spot electricity market prices and electrical load of the consumers. In this paper, the strategic behavior of retailers in implementing forward contracts, distributed energy sources, and demand-response programs with the aim of increasing their profit and reducing their risk, while keeping their retail prices as low as possible, is investigated. For this purpose, risk management problem of the retailer companies collaborating with wholesale electricity markets, is modeled through bi-level programming approach and a comprehensive framework for retail electricity pricing, considering customers’ constraints, is provided in this paper. In the first level of the proposed bi-level optimization problem, the retailer maximizes its expected profit for a given risk level of profit variability, while in the second level, the customers minimize their consumption costs. The proposed programming problem is modeled as Mixed Integer programming (MIP) problem and can be efficiently solved using available commercial solvers. The simulation results on a test case approve the effectiveness of the proposed demand-response program based on dynamic pricing approach on reducing the retailer’s risk and increasing its profit. In this paper, the decision-making problem of the retailers under dynamic pricing approach for demand response integration have been investigated. The retailer was supposed to rely on forward contracts, DGs, and spot electricity market to supply the required active and reactive power of its customers. To verify the effectiveness of the proposed model, four schemes for retailer’s scheduling problem are considered and the resulted profit under each scheme are analyzed and compared. The simulation results on a test case indicate that providing more options for the retailer to buy the required power of its customers and increase its flexibility in buying energy from spot electricity market reduces the retailers’ risk and increases its profit. From the customers’ perspective also the retailers’accesstodifferentpowersupplysourcesmayleadtoareductionintheretailelectricityprices. Since the retailer would be able to decrease its electricity selling price to the customers without losing its profitability, with the aim of attracting more customers. Inthiswork,theconditionalvalueatrisk(CVaR)measureisusedforconsideringandquantifying riskinthedecision-makingproblems. Amongallthepossibleoptioninfrontoftheretailertooptimize its profit and risk, demand response programs are the most beneficial option for both retailer and its customers. The simulation results on the case study prove that implementing dynamic pricing approach on retail electricity prices to integrate demand response programs can successfully provoke customers to shift their flexible demand from peak-load hours to mid-load and low-load hours. Comparing the simulation results of the third and fourth schemes evidences the impact of DRPs and customers’ load shifting on the reduction of retailer’s risk, as well as the reduction of retailer’s payment to contract holders, DG owners, and spot electricity market. Furthermore, the numerical results imply on the potential of reducing average retail prices up to 8%, under demand response activation. Consequently, it provides a win–win solution for both retailer and its customers. KW - Risikomanagement KW - demand response programs KW - stochastic programming KW - forward contracts KW - risk management KW - retailer KW - OA-Publikationsfonds2018 Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20180628-37546 UR - http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/6/1602 VL - 2018 IS - 11, 6 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ghazvinei, Pezhman Taherei A1 - Darvishi, Hossein Hassanpour A1 - Mosavi, Amir A1 - Yusof, Khamaruzaman bin Wan A1 - Alizamir, Meysam A1 - Shamshirband, Shahaboddin A1 - Chau, Kwok-Wing T1 - Sugarcane growth prediction based on meteorological parameters using extreme learning machine and artificial neural network JF - Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics N2 - Management strategies for sustainable sugarcane production need to deal with the increasing complexity and variability of the whole sugar system. Moreover, they need to accommodate the multiple goals of different industry sectors and the wider community. Traditional disciplinary approaches are unable to provide integrated management solutions, and an approach based on whole systems analysis is essential to bring about beneficial change to industry and the community. The application of this approach to water management, environmental management and cane supply management is outlined, where the literature indicates that the application of extreme learning machine (ELM) has never been explored in this realm. Consequently, the leading objective of the current research was set to filling this gap by applying ELM to launch swift and accurate model for crop production data-driven. The key learning has been the need for innovation both in the technical aspects of system function underpinned by modelling of sugarcane growth. Therefore, the current study is an attempt to establish an integrate model using ELM to predict the concluding growth amount of sugarcane. Prediction results were evaluated and further compared with artificial neural network (ANN) and genetic programming models. Accuracy of the ELM model is calculated using the statistics indicators of Root Means Square Error (RMSE), Pearson Coefficient (r), and Coefficient of Determination (R2) with promising results of 0.8, 0.47, and 0.89, respectively. The results also show better generalization ability in addition to faster learning curve. Thus, proficiency of the ELM for supplementary work on advancement of prediction model for sugarcane growth was approved with promising results. KW - Künstliche Intelligenz KW - Sustainable production KW - ELM KW - prediction KW - machine learning KW - sugarcane KW - estimation KW - growth mode KW - extreme learning machine KW - OA-Publikationsfonds2018 Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20181017-38129 UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19942060.2018.1526119 VL - 2018 IS - 12,1 SP - 738 EP - 749 PB - Taylor & Francis ER -