The evaluation of facilities intelligence: An ANP-driven approach

Zhen Chen, Atulya K. Nagar

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    Abstract

    This paper presents a novel method for evaluating facilities in regard to their designed intelligence. Facilities intelligence is defined as the designed capacity of a facility to acquire and process data and information to perform its adaptability to life-cycle circumstance changes in terms of people's requirements of well-being and energy efficiency. This definition is then formulated to quantify the Index of Facilities Intelligence, the level of facilities intelligence, and the reliability of facilities evaluation. STEEP (social, technical, economic, environmental, and policy) criteria and their sub-criteria are used to set up an ANP (analytic network process) model, and ANP result such as synthesized priority weights is then used to calculate those parameters related to facilities intelligence. An experimental case study is given to prove the effectiveness of applying the proposed method to evaluate the intelligence of facilities in practice. © 2009 IEEE.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings - International Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering, DeSE 2009
    Pages59-65
    Number of pages7
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2009
    EventInternational Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
    Duration: 14 Dec 200916 Dec 2009

    Conference

    ConferenceInternational Conference on Developments in eSystems Engineering
    Abbreviated titleDeSE 2009
    Country/TerritoryUnited Arab Emirates
    CityAbu Dhabi
    Period14/12/0916/12/09

    Keywords

    • Buildings
    • Evaluation
    • Facilities
    • Infrastructures
    • Intelligence
    • Intelligent systems

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