doi: 10.7763/IJIET.2013.V3.340
An Integrated Model for Simulating Activities and Optimizing Space Function in Educational Facility
Ren-Jye Dzeng
,
Chin-Teng Lin ,
Fan-Yi Hsiao
- National Chiao-Tung University
Abstract
Determining the function for each space in a building plays an important role for assessing the service level of an educational facility. The function layout affects how users move between spaces during their participation of activities in the facility. This research describes the integration of an activity-based simulation model and a space-function assignment optimization model with six phases, including data collection, data preparation, data mining, optimization, verification, and refinement. The paper also uses a real case to demonstrate the use of the proposed model, and has shown a 4.96% improvement on the objective value compared to the contracted architect’s original plan.
Keywords
- Function space assignment
- optimization
- activity simulation
- movement simulation
How to Cite
Ren-Jye Dzeng, Chin-Teng Lin, and Fan-Yi Hsiao, "An Integrated Model for Simulating Activities and Optimizing Space Function in Educational Facility," International Journal of Information and Education Technology, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 582-586, 2013. https://doi.org/10.7763/IJIET.2013.V3.340
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Copyright © 2013 by the authors. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited (CC BY 4.0).