An integrated system of text mining technique and case-based reasoning (TM-CBR) for supporting green building design

Liyin Shen, Hang Yan, Hongqin Fan, Ya Wu, Yu Zhang

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Abstract

However, the selection and application of green building technologies under different situations usually puzzles designers, although various advanced technologies for green building are available. This study therefore introduces an integrated system of text mining and case-based reasoning (TM-CBR) to help designers retrieve the most similar green building cases for references when producing design for new green buildings. It is the first attempt in this study to integrate text mining technique into a CBR system to improve the efficiency of decision making in green building design. There are two major components of TM-CBR, case representation and case retrieval. Two kinds of case features, namely, identified features and textual features are used collectively to represent a green building case. Four value formats are considered to measure local similarity in the process of case retrieval. Seven cases are chosen randomly from 71 LEED collected cases as the target cases to test the effectiveness of the TM-CBR system. This study provides a new approach to retrieve the successful experience from similar previous cases to improve the effectiveness and adequacy of green building design.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)388-401
Number of pages14
JournalBuilding and Environment
Volume124
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2017

Keywords

  • Case representation
  • Case retrieval
  • Case-based reasoning
  • Green building design
  • Text mining

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Environmental Engineering
  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Geography, Planning and Development
  • Building and Construction

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