Jia-Rui Lin

Jia-Rui Lin

Associate Professor

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Journal Papers

Simultaneous Digital Twin: Chaining Climbing-Robot, Defect Segmentation, and Model Updating for Building Facade Inspection

Published in Buildings, 2026 cited by count

The paper proposes a simultaneous digital twin framework for building facade inspection, achieving end-to-end integration of wall-climbing robots, defect segmentation algorithms and the digital twin platform, and enabling second-level identification, update and visualization of facade defects.

Recommended citation: Song, C.*, Lu, C., Shi, Y., He, A., Lin, J.R.*, Ma, Z. (2026). Simultaneous Digital Twin: Chaining Climbing-Robot, Defect Segmentation, and Model Updating for Building Facade Inspection. Buildings, 16(3), 646. doi: 10.3390/buildings16030646 http://doi.org/10.3390/buildings16030646

Evaluation of Efficiency and Accuracy for COLMAP-based Image 3D Reconstruction through Inspection Videos

Published in Journal of Southeast University (Natural Science Edition, 2026 cited by count

This paper systematically evaluates the efficiency and accuracy of consumer-grade cameras for indoor inspection and 3D reconstruction, revealing the general rules governing the efficiency and accuracy of 3D reconstruction of indoor scene images

Recommended citation: Lin, J.R., Zhou, S.J., Wang, Y.P., Zeng, S.X., Yi, Z.J., Pang, P.* (2026). Evaluation of Efficiency and Accuracy for COLMAP-based Image 3D Reconstruction through Inspection Videos. Journal of Southeast University (Natural Science Edition, 56(2), 183-190. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-0505.2026.02.001 https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1001-0505.2026.02.001

Generative Model-Based Building Evacuation Simulation for Safety Design

Published in Journal of Building Engineering, 2025 cited by count

This study proposes DiffEvac for efficient evacuation simulation and enhanced safety design, achieving up to a 37.6% improvement in SSIM,and delivering results 16 times faster

Recommended citation: Han, J., Zheng, Z., Gu, Y., Lin, J.R.*, Lu, X.Z. (2025). Generative Model-Based Building Evacuation Simulation for Safety Design. Journal of Building Engineering, 116, 114644. doi: 10.1016/j.jobe.2025.114644 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2025.114644

Translating Regulatory Clauses into Executable Codes for Building Design Checking via Large Language Model Driven Function Matching and Composing

Published in Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 2025 cited by count

This study proposes LLM-FuncMapper to match and compose atomic functions to generating executable code from regulatory clauses, outperforming fine-tuning by 19% in function matching

Recommended citation: Zheng, Z., Han, J., Chen, K.Y., Cao, X.Y., Lu, X.Z., Lin, J.R.* (2026). Translating Regulatory Clauses into Executable Codes for Building Design Checking via Large Language Model Driven Function Matching and Composing. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 163, 112823. doi: 10.1016/j.engappai.2025.112823 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.engappai.2025.112823

SMALLM: a Local Small Model Augmented a Cloud-based Large Language Model for Chinese Named Entity Recognition in Low-resource Industries

Published in Complex & Intelligent Systems, 2025 cited by count

Cloud LLMs lag in NER, especially in data- or resource-scarce industries. This study proposes SMALLM (BERT + ChatGPT), which boosts ChatGPT’s CNER performance by up to 48.37% with low cost.

Recommended citation: Yang, J., Yang, Z.*, Wu, C.*, Guo, Y., Li, X., Lin, J. (2025). SMALLM: a Local Small Model Augmented a Cloud-based Large Language Model for Chinese Named Entity Recognition in Low-resource Industries. Complex & Intelligent Systems, 11, 460. doi: 10.1007/s40747-025-02074-6 http://doi.org/10.1007/s40747-025-02074-6

Pretrained Graph Neural Network for Embedding Semantic, Spatial, and Topological Data in Building Information Models

Published in Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 2025 cited by count

Current large foundation models struggle to effectively process the semantic, spatial, and topological features in BIM models, thus, this study first proposes BIGNet, a large-scale pretrained graph neural network for BIM. Verification through multiple tasks such as design defect identification shows that BIGNet has excellent performance and can effectively utilize the rich design features embedded in BIM models

Recommended citation: Han, J., Lu, X.Z., Lin, J.R.* (2025). Pretrained Graph Neural Network for Embedding Semantic, Spatial, and Topological Data in Building Information Models. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 40(26), 4607-4631. doi: 10.1111/mice.70073 http://doi.org/10.1111/mice.70073

Ontology-based Multi-source Heterogeneous O&M Data Integration Framework for Tunnel Structural Health Assessment

Published in Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 2025 cited by count

This study proposes an ontology-based four-layer framework for tunnel O&M data integration, develops comprehensive ontologies, innovates a mapping method based on concept similarity and local confidence, and improves data fusion and O&M efficiency via fuzzy evaluation.

Recommended citation: Liu, L., An, P., Ren, Z., An, R., Lin, J., Guo, Y., Hu, Z.Z.* (2025). Ontology-based Multi-source Heterogeneous O&M Data Integration Framework for Tunnel Structural Health Assessment. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 1-21. doi: 10.1080/15732479.2025.2521016 http://doi.org/10.1080/15732479.2025.2521016

A Multi-object Detection Method for Building Fire Warnings through Artificial Intelligence Generated Content

Published in Scientific Reports, 2025 cited by count

This paper proposes an AIGC-based multi-object detection method for building fires, which achieves 95.7% detection accuracy for flames and smoke, detects fires within 2 seconds (6.5× faster than traditional alarms), and provides timely warnings for evacuation and rescue.

Recommended citation: Fu, J., Xu, Z.*, Yue, Q., Lin, J., Zhang, N., Zhao, Y., Gu, D. (2025). A Multi-object Detection Method for Building Fire Warnings through Artificial Intelligence Generated Content. Scientific Reports, 15, 18434. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-02865-4 http://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-02865-4

Digital Twin of Buildings and Occupants for Emergency Evacuation: Framework, Technologies, Applications and Trends

Published in Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2025 cited by count

This study, by analyzing literature from 2004 to 2025, proposes a digital twin framework for emergency evacuation that integrates buildings, occupants, and their interaction mechanisms. The research shows that the current related technologies are mostly at the L0 - L2 maturity level. In the future, multidisciplinary collaboration is required to optimize data integration, improve the performance of sensors and algorithms, integrate emerging artificial intelligence technologies while addressing data ethics issues, and enhance robustness of DT systems.

Recommended citation: Lin, J.R., Chen, K.Y., Song, S.Y., Cai, Y.H., Pan, P.*, Deng, Y.C. (2025). Digital Twin of Buildings and Occupants for Emergency Evacuation: Framework, Technologies, Applications and Trends. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 66, 103419. doi: 10.1016/j.aei.2025.103419 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.aei.2025.103419

A Multi-Factor-Fusion Framework for Efficient Prediction of Pedestrian-level Wind Environment Based on Deep Learning

Published in IEEE Access, 2025 cited by count

This study proposes a novel Multi-Factor-Fusion (MFF) framework that leverages deep learning techniques. This framework integrates Graph Convolutional Networks and Long Short-Term Memory networks to extract and fuse multiple factors and create an end-to-end neural network model capable of directly predicting wind fields, which, achieves a 10-minute prediction error of 3.52% and a 1-hour error of 10.23% in case studies.

Recommended citation: Hu, Z.Z.*, Min, Y.T., Leng, S., Li, S., Lin, J.R. (2025). A Multi-Factor-Fusion Framework for Efficient Prediction of Pedestrian-level Wind Environment Based on Deep Learning. IEEE Access, 13, 52912-52924. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3553490 http://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3553490

Intelligent BIM Searching via Deep Embedding of Geometric, Semantic, and Topological Features

Published in Buildings, 2025 cited by count

This study proposes a novel approach to intelligent BIM searching by embedding GSTFs via deep learning (DL), which demonstrates an efficiency of 780 times greater than manual retrieval methods and 4–6% more efficient than traditional methods

Recommended citation: Huang, P.H., Song, S.Y., Xu, Z., Hu, Z.Z., Lin, J.R.* (2025). Intelligent BIM Searching via Deep Embedding of Geometric, Semantic, and Topological Features. Buildings, 15(6), 951. doi: 10.3390/buildings15060951 http://doi.org/10.3390/buildings15060951

Enabling High-Level Worker-Centric Semantic Understanding of Onsite Images Using Visual Language Models with Attention Mechanism and Beam Search Strategy

Published in Buildings, 2025 cited by count

Aiming at the semantic understanding of construction scenes, this study constructed an open image-text dataset SODA-ktsh including 16 common scenes, and developed a large visual language model that integrates the attention mechanism and the beam search strategy. BLEU-4 score, CIDEr score and ROUGE_L score of the develop VLM are 0.7464, 5.0255 and 0.8106 respectively, showing strong generalization, perception and recognition capabilities, which is very suitable for explaining and analyzing complex construction scenes.

Recommended citation: Deng, H., Fu, K., Yu, B., Li, H., Duan, R., Deng, Y.*, Lin, J.R. (2025). Enabling High-Level Worker-Centric Semantic Understanding of Onsite Images Using Visual Language Models with Attention Mechanism and Beam Search Strategy. Buildings, 15(6), 959. doi: 10.3390/buildings15060959 http://doi.org/10.3390/buildings15060959

An Adaptive Pedestrian Flow Prediction Model Based on First-Order Differential Error Adjustment and Hidden Markov Model

Published in Buildings, 2025 cited by count

This paper proposes an integrated pedestrian flow prediction framework, employing a Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) network to capture complex temporal dependencies in pedestrian movement patterns. This model effectively mitigates data inconsistency and the challenges associated with a high proportion of zero values.

Recommended citation: Zhang, H., Deng, J., Xu Y., Deng, Y.*, Lin, J.R. (2025). An Adaptive Pedestrian Flow Prediction Model Based on First-Order Differential Error Adjustment and Hidden Markov Model. Buildings, 15(6), 902. doi: 10.3390/buildings15060902 http://doi.org/10.3390/buildings15060902

Digital and Intelligent Standards for Building and Construction Engineering: Current Status and Future

Published in Journal of Southeast University (Natural Science Edition), 2025 cited by count

This paper systematically reviewed the current status of digital standards for building and construction engineering. By proposing the grading model for standard digitalization and a technical framework for related technologies, this study laid a foundation for future research and applications of digital and machine interpretable standards

Recommended citation: Lin, J.R., Chen, K.Y., Pang, P.* (2025). Digital and Intelligent Standards for Building and Construction Engineering: Current Status and Future. Journal of Southeast University (Natural Science Edition), 55(1), 16-29. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-0505.2025.01.003 https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1001-0505.2025.01.003

Intelligent Monitoring System for Deep Foundation Pit Based on Digital Twin

Published in Buildings, 2025 cited by count

This study proposes a DT modeling framework, in which parametric modeling driven excavation process, inverse analysis for elastic modulus updating, and intelligent system are included. The proposed method advances timely monitoring and safety control of deep foundation pit with high accuracy

Recommended citation: Pan, P., Sun, S.H., Feng, J.X., Wen, J.T.*, Lin, J.R., Wang, H.S. (2025). Intelligent Monitoring System for Deep Foundation Pit Based on Digital Twin. Buildings, 15(3), 366. doi: 10.3390/buildings15030366 http://doi.org/10.3390/buildings15030366

What Makes a Good BIM Design? Quantifying the Link between Design Behavior and Quality

Published in Automation in Construction, 2025 cited by count

This paper proposes the first approach that identifies and quantitatively describes the relationship between design behaviors and design quality based on Building Information Modeling (BIM). Results confirm an existing quantifiable relationship which can be learned by various models, and behavioral features related to designer’s skill level and changes of design intentions are identified as having significant impacts on design quality.

Recommended citation: Ni, X.R., Pan, P., Lin, J.R.* (2025). What Makes a Good BIM Design? Quantifying the Link between Design Behavior and Quality. Automation in Construction, 171, 105992. doi: 10.1016/j.autcon.2025.105992 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2025.105992

Impact of Color and Mixing Proportion of Synthetic Point Clouds on Semantic Segmentation

Published in Automation in Construction, 2025 cited by count

This paper unveils the performance-improving mechanism of synthetic point clouds (SPC) by introducing: 1) method to generate SPC with real colors and uniform colors from BIM, and 2) enhanced benchmarks for better performance evaluation.

Recommended citation: Zhou, S., Lin, J.R.*, Pan, P., Pan, Y., Brilakis, I. (2025). Impact of Color and Mixing Proportion of Synthetic Point Clouds on Semantic Segmentation. Automation in Construction, 171, 105963. doi: 10.1016/j.autcon.2025.105963 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2025.105963

Key Technologies and Applications of Intelligent Interpretation of Building Engineering Standards

Published in Engineering Mechanics, 2025 cited by count

This study introduces an integrated solution for interpreting building standards into computer-processible rules by domain-specific large language models and common knowledge graphs, which could interprete rules with an accuracy of over 95%, and improve checking efficiency by 40 times.

Recommended citation: Lin, J.R.*, Chen, K.Y., Zheng, Z., Zhou, Y.C., Lu, X.Z. (2025). Key Technologies and Applications of Intelligent Interpretation of Building Engineering Standards. Engineering Mechanics, 42(2), 1-14. doi: 10.6052/j.issn.1000-4750.2024.08.ST05 https://doi.org/10.6052/j.issn.1000-4750.2024.08.ST05

Intelligent Design Method of Subgrade Retaining based on Bentley

Published in Journal of Tsinghua University (Science & Technology), 2024 cited by count

This study proses an intelligent approach to automatically generate design model and drawing of subgrade retaining in the road engineering area.

Recommended citation: Tang, H.W., Geng, X.Y., Chen, H.T., Tan, H.C., Zeng, F.Y., Lin, J.R.* (2024). Intelligent Design Method of Subgrade Retaining based on Bentley. Journal of Tsinghua University (Science & Technology), 64(9), 1627-1636. doi: 10.16511/j.cnki.qhdxxb.2024.26.039 https://link.cnki.net/doi/10.16511/j.cnki.qhdxxb.2024.26.039

Enhanced Earthquake Impact Analysis based on Social Media Texts via Large Language Model

Published in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2024 cited by count

This study proposes the first domain-specific LLM model and an integrated method for rapid earthquake impact assessment, which can effectively enhance the impact assessment process by accurate detection of noisy microblogs, therefore enabling effective post-disaster emergency responses.

Recommended citation: Han, J., Zheng, Z., Lu, X.Z., Chen, K.Y., Lin, J.R.* (2024). Enhanced Earthquake Impact Analysis based on Social Media Texts via Large Language Model. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 109, 104574. doi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104574 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104574

Automatic Function Extraction and Analysis for Interpreting Complex Rules from Building Codes

Published in Engineering Mechanics, 2024 cited by count

To interprete and represent complex rules from building codes, this study proposes an approach to extract and represent automic functions, which could be used to represent commonly used computational logics in multiple regulatory clauses. Results show that the defined atomic functions could significantly enhance the capability for the representation and interpretation of complex rules.

Recommended citation: Lu, J.Z., Cao, X.Y., Zheng, Z., Lu, X.Z., Lin, J.R.* (2024). Automatic Function Extraction and Analysis for Interpreting Complex Rules from Building Codes. Engineering Mechanics, xx(x), xx-xx. doi: 10.6052/j.issn.1000-4750.2023.11.0850 (online first) https://link.cnki.net/urlid/11.2595.O3.20240321.1458.008

A New Interaction Paradigm for Architectural Design Driven by Large Language Model: Proof of Concept with Rhino7

Published in Journal of Graphics, 2024 cited by count

This study proposes a new interaction paradigm for architectural design based on language models, which could generate API scripts directly from natural language-based input for various scenarios such as design generation, sunlight analysis.

Recommended citation: Jiang, C., Zheng, Z., Liang, X., Lin, J.R.*, Ma, Z., Lu, X.Z. (2024). A New Interaction Paradigm for Architectural Design Driven by Large Language Model: Proof of Concept with Rhino7. Journal of Graphics, 45(03), 594-600. doi:10.11996/JG.j.2095-302X.2024030594 https://link.cnki.net/urlid/10.1034.T.20240108.1355.004

A Text Classification-based Approach for Evaluating and Enhancing the Machine Interpretability of Building Codes

Published in Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 2023 cited by count

This study proposes a text classification approach based on a pretrained large language model, to identify computer-processible clauses and to evaluate the machine interpretability of building codes. Result show that the proposed algorithm outperforms SOTA methods with an F1-score of 93.6%, and could further improve downstream rule interpretation algorithm by 4%. It is also revealed that the overall interpretability of building codes is only 34.4%.

Recommended citation: Zheng, Z., Zhou, Y.C., Chen, K.Y., Lu, X.Z., She, Z.T., Lin, J.R.* (2024). A Text Classification-based Approach for Evaluating and Enhancing the Machine Interpretability of Building Codes. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 127, 107207. doi: 10.1016/j.engappai.2023.107207 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.engappai.2023.107207

A Multilayer Perceptron-based Fast Sunlight Assessment for the Conceptual Design of Residential Neighborhoods under Chinese Policy

Published in Building and Environment, 2023 cited by count

To achieve realtim sunlight, this study proposes a one-stage sunlight prediction approach based on multilayer perceptron, which reduces the computation time to 1/84~1/50 with 96+% accuracy

Recommended citation: Jiang, C., Liang, X., Zhou, Y.C., Tian, Y., Xu, S, Lin, J.R.*, Ma, Z., Yang S., Zhou, H. (2023). A Multilayer Perceptron-based Fast Sunlight Assessment for the Conceptual Design of Residential Neighborhoods under Chinese Policy. Building and Environment, 244, 110739. doi: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110739 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110739

Research and Application of Intelligent Design Review

Published in Engineering Mechanics, 2023 cited by count

This research provides a comprehensive review of intelligent design review, showing that current researches are mainly focusing on the computability of drawings (or designs solutions) and computability & reasoning of regulations (or knowledge), while the application can be classified into three aspects, namely, digitization, perceptual intelligence and cognitive intelligence.

Recommended citation: Lin, J.R.*, Zhou, Y.C., Zheng, Z., Lu, X.Z. (2023). Research and Application of Intelligent Design Review. Engineering Mechanics, 40(7), 25-38. doi: 10.6052/j.issn.1000-4750.2021.11.0908 https://doi.org/10.6052/j.issn.1000-4750.2021.11.0908

BIM–based Time-varying System Reliability Analysis for Buildings and Infrastructures

Published in Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 cited by count

This study proposes a novel reliability calculation framework based on BIM, which could visulize and optimize reliability of buildings and infrastructures

Recommended citation: Zheng, Y., Zhang, Y., Lin, J. (2023). BIM–based Time-varying System Reliability Analysis for Buildings and Infrastructures. Journal of Building Engineering, 76, 106958. doi: 10.1016/j.jobe.2023.106958 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2023.106958

Recent Research Progress in Intelligent Construction: A Comparison between China and Developed Countries

Published in Buildings, 2023 cited by count

This study conducted a bibliometric and comparative review to provide a comprehensive understanding of research progress and future opportunities in intelligent construction, and to offer suggestions for both developing and developed countries

Recommended citation: Yan, J.K., Zheng, Z., Zhou, Y.C., Lin, J.R.*, Deng, Y.C., Lu, X.Z. (2023). Recent Research Progress in Intelligent Construction: A Comparison between China and Developed Countries. Buildings, 13(5), 1329. doi: 10.3390/buildings13051329 https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/13/5/1329

Data-Driven Quantitative Performance Evaluation of Construction Supervisors

Published in Buildings, 2023 cited by count

This study proposes an approach to data-driven quantitative performance evaluation of construction supervisors by integrating AHP and activity tracking

Recommended citation: Yang, C., Lin, J.R.*, Yan, K.X., Deng, Y.C., Hu, Z.Z., Liu, C. (2023). Data-Driven Quantitative Performance Evaluation of Construction Supervisors. Buildings, 13(5), 1264. doi: 10.3390/buildings13051264 https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/13/5/1264

System Reliability Analysis for Independent and Nonidentical Components based on Survival Signature

Published in Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, 2023 cited by count

In this research, two methods based on the fundamental survival signature idea are suggested to examine the reliability of complex systems with independent but not necessarily identically distributed (INID) components

Recommended citation: Zheng, Y., Zhang, Y., Lin, J. (2023). System Reliability Analysis for Independent and Nonidentical Components based on Survival Signature. Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, 73, 103466. doi: 10.1016/j.probengmech.2023.103466 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.probengmech.2023.103466

Adaptive Control of Resource Flow to Optimize Construction Work and Cash Flow via Online Deep Reinforcement Learning

Published in Automation in Construction, 2023 cited by count

This paper introducess a model and method to adaptive control the resource flows to optimize the work and cash flows of construction projects, which could save 7% total with impact on duration

Recommended citation: Jiang, C., Li, X., Lin, J.R.*, Liu, M., Ma, Z. (2023). Adaptive Control of Resource Flow to Optimize Construction Work and Cash Flow via Online Deep Reinforcement Learning. Automation in Construction, 150, 104817. doi: 10.1016/j.autcon.2023.104817 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2023.104817

Research on Data Security of Engineering Information Sharing Mechanism based on GDPR Principle

Published in Journal of Information Technology in Civil Engineering and Architecture, 2022 cited by count

By studying the current BIM standards and specifications in China, the security requirements of software and platform and user usage protocols, this paper makes a comparative analysis of the BIM and GDPR data processing principles respectively to study their suitability.

Recommended citation: Deng, H., Xu, Y., Li, X., Deng, Y., Lin, J. (2022). Research on Data Security of Engineering Information Sharing Mechanism based on GDPR Principle. Journal of Information Technology in Civil Engineering and Architecture, 14(06), 69-74. doi: 10.16670/j.cnki.cn11-5823/tu.2022.06.12 http://www.txxb.com.cn/CN/10.16670/j.cnki.cn11-5823/tu.2022.06.12

Maturity Assessment of Intelligent Construction Management

Published in Buildings, 2022 cited by count

This research proposes an framework to assess the maturity of intelligent construction management, and suggestions for future improvements are provided based on the quatitative assessment

Recommended citation: Lin, C., Hu, Z.Z., Yang, C., Deng, Y.C., Zheng, W., Lin, J.R.* (2022). Maturity Assessment of Intelligent Construction Management. Buildings, 12(10), 1742. doi: 10.3390/buildings12101742 https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/12/10/1742

Transforming Knowledge Management in the Construction Industry through Information and Communications Technology: A 15-year Review

Published in Automation in Construction, 2022 cited by count

In this research, we conducted a comprehensive review of the development of knowledge management in the construction industry as information and communication technology evolves in the past fifteen years, and potential directions and challenges both from the research and practice perspectives are discussed

Recommended citation: Deng, H., Xu, Y.W., Deng, Y.C., Lin, J.R. (2022). Transforming Knowledge Management in the Construction Industry through Information and Communications Technology: A 15-year Review. Automation in Construction, 142, 104530. doi: 10.1016/j.autcon.2022.104530 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2022.104530

Knowledge-Informed Semantic Alignment and Rule Interpretation for Automated Compliance Checking

Published in Automation in Construction, 2022 cited by count

We proposed a knowledge-informed approach to bridge the semantic gaps between regulatory documents and design models for automated compliance checking, enabling interpretation and reasoning of complex rules with implicit properties and high-order logic descriptions. The proposed approach achieves a 90.1% accuracy and substantially outperforms the commonly used keyword matching method, and boosts the performance of rule interpretation by 5 times

Recommended citation: Zheng, Z., Zhou, Y.C., Lu, X.Z., Lin, J.R.* (2022). Knowledge-Informed Semantic Alignment and Rule Interpretation for Automated Compliance Checking. Automation in Construction, 142, 104524. doi: 10.1016/j.autcon.2022.104524 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2022.104524

SODA: A Large-scale Open Site Object Detection Dataset for Deep Learning in Construction

Published in Automation in Construction, 2022 cited by count

We developed and opened a new large-scale image dataset called Site Object Detection dAtaset (SODA) for construction, which contains 15 object classes and more than 20,000 images. Analysis shows that the dataset is well developed in terms of diversity and volume and improves the performance of YOLO to a maximum mAP of 81.47%

Recommended citation: Duan, R., Deng, H., Tian, M., Deng, Y.C., Lin, J.R. (2022). SODA: A Large-scale Open Site Object Detection Dataset for Deep Learning in Construction. Automation in Construction, 142, 104499. doi: 10.1016/j.autcon.2022.104499 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2022.104499

Integrating NLP and Context-Free Grammar for Complex Rule Interpretation towards Automated Compliance Checking

Published in Computers in Industry, 2022 cited by count

This research integrates natural language processing (NLP) and context-free grammar (CFG) to propose a novel generalized rule interpretation approach, which outperforms the state-of-the-art methods and achieves 99.6% and 91.0% accuracies for parsing single- and multi-requirement sentences. This research also publishes the first regulation dataset for future exploration, validation, and benchmarking in the ARC area

Recommended citation: Zhou, Y.C., Zheng, Z., Lin, J.R.*, Lu, X.Z. (2022). Integrating NLP and Context-Free Grammar for Complex Rule Interpretation towards Automated Compliance Checking. Computers in Industry, 142, 103746. doi: 10.1016/j.compind.2022.103746 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.compind.2022.103746

Disaster Tweets Classification Method based on Pretrained BERT Model

Published in Journal of Graphics, 2022 cited by count

this study constructed a text classification model based on pretrained BERT model, which outperforms the traditional Naive Bayesian classification model and the common fine-tuning model, with the recognition rate up to 85%

Recommended citation: Lin, J.R.*, Cheng, Z.G., Han, Y., Yin, Y.P. (2022). Disaster Tweets Classification Method based on Pretrained BERT Model. Journal of Graphics, 43(3), 530-536. doi: 10.11996/JG.j.2095-302X.2022030530 http://www.txxb.com.cn/EN/10.11996/JG.j.2095-302X.2022030530

Pretrained Domain-Specific Language Model for Natural Language Processing Tasks in the AEC Domain

Published in Computers in Industry, 2022 cited by count

This research develops the first domain corpora and proposes the first domain-specific pretrained language model for AEC, experiments showed that the proposed model outperforms existing methods in all typical NLP tasks, with maximum improvements of 8.1% in the F1-score.

Recommended citation: Zheng, Z., Lu, X.Z., Chen, K.Y., Zhou, Y.C., Lin, J.R.* (2022). Pretrained Domain-Specific Language Model for Natural Language Processing Tasks in the AEC Domain. Computers in Industry, 142, 103733. doi: 10.1016/j.compind.2022.103733 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.compind.2022.103733

Digital Twin-Based Investigation of a Building Collapse Accident

Published in Advances in Civil Engineering, 2022 cited by count

In this paper, we propose a novel method for investigation of complex building collapse accidents based on digital twin technology.

Recommended citation: Zheng, Z., Liao, W., Lin, J., Zhou, Y., Zhang, C., Lu, X.* (2022). Digital Twin-Based Investigation of a Building Collapse Accident. Advances in Civil Engineering, 2022, 9568967. doi: 10.1155/2022/9568967 http://doi.org/10.1155/2022/9568967

How Human-robot Collaboration Impacts Construction Productivity: An Agent-based Multi-fidelity Modeling Approach

Published in Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2022 cited by count

Taken robot-based bricklaying as an example, this research proposes an agent-based multi-fidelity modeling and simulation approach to understand human-robot collaboration (HRC) in construction and its impacts on productivity. The proposed approach is feasible to simulate simulate various scenarios with different workers and robots. Experiments also show that the HRC is complex and proactive interaction could improve construction productivity significantly

Recommended citation: Wu, M.H., Lin, J.R.*, Zhang, X.H. (2022). How Human-robot Collaboration Impacts Construction Productivity: An Agent-based Multi-fidelity Modeling Approach. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 52, 101589. doi: 10.1016/j.aei.2022.101589 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.aei.2022.101589

Rule-based Information Extraction for Mechanical-Electrical-Plumbing-Specific Semantic Web

Published in Automation in Construction, 2022 cited by count

We proposed a rule-based approach for automatic construction of semantic web or knowledge graph related to the MEP domain, both snowball strategy for large-scale corpora collection and methods for named entity recognition and relationship extraction are introduced. The proposed method outperforms existing methods with 40% improvement.

Recommended citation: Wu, L.T, Lin, J.R., Leng, S., Li, J.L., Hu, Z.Z. (2022). Rule-based Information Extraction for Mechanical-Electrical-Plumbing-Specific Semantic Web. Automation in Construction, 135, 104108. doi: 10.1016/j.autcon.2021.104108 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2021.104108

Review on Intelligent Performance Evaluation of Construction Supervisors

Published in Journal of Graphics, 2021 cited by count

This paper systematically reviews state-of-the-art research on intelligent performance evaluation of construction supervisors, and potential future challenges and directions are also presented

Recommended citation: Zheng, W., Lin, J.R.*, Yang, C., Yan, K.X., Cheng, Y. (2021). Review on Intelligent Performance Evaluation of Construction Supervisors. Journal of Graphics, 42(6), 1002-1010. doi: 10.11996/JG.j.2095-302X.2021061002 http://www.txxb.com.cn/EN/10.11996/JG.j.2095-302X.2021061002

Deep Learning-based Instance Segmentation for Indoor Fire Load Recognition

Published in IEEE Access, 2021 cited by count

This research proposes a computer vision-based method to automatically detect indoor fire loads using deep learning-based instance segmentation; an image dataset of indoor scenes with various fire load instances annotated is also developed. Although instance segmentation has been applied for several years, this is a pioneering research on using it for automated indoor fire load recognition, which paves the foundation to automatic fire load estimation and resilience assessment for the built environment.

Recommended citation: Zhou, Y.C., Hu, Z.Z., Yan, K.X., Lin, J.R.* (2021). Deep Learning-based Instance Segmentation for Indoor Fire Load Recognition. IEEE Access, 9, 148771-148782. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3124831 http://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3124831

A Data Integration and Simplification Framework for Improving Site Planning and Building Design

Published in IEEE Access, 2021 cited by count

This paper provides a feasible way to integrate planning and design data from different sources to enhance the evaluation and delivery of the results. Validation shows that the proposed method could integrate and visualize multi-source site planning and building design data efficiently, and a seamless database facilitates understanding of planning and design results and improves communication significantly.

Recommended citation: Leng, S., Lin, J.R., Li, S.W., Hu, Z.Z.* (2021). A Data Integration and Simplification Framework for Improving Site Planning and Building Design. IEEE Access, 9, 148845-148861. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3124010 http://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3124010

Framing and Evaluating the Best Practices of IFC-Based Automated Rule Checking: A Case Study

Published in Buildings, 2021 cited by count

By reviewing recent progresses in ARC, we proposes a framework for the development of ARC systems, aming to achieve proactive bottom-up solutions building upon the requirements and resources of end-users.

Recommended citation: Sobhkhiz, S., Zhou, Y.C., Lin, J.R.*, El-Diraby, T.E. (2021). Framing and Evaluating the Best Practices of IFC-Based Automated Rule Checking: A Case Study. Buildings, 11(10), 456. doi: 10.3390/buildings11100456 https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/11/10/456

Knowledge Extraction and Discovery Based on BIM: A Critical Review and Future Directions

Published in Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, 2021 cited by count

This paper conducted a systematic review of the current status and future directions of knowledge graph in the construction industry

Recommended citation: Hu, Z.Z.*, Leng, S., Lin, J.R., Li, S.W., Xiao, Y.Q. (2021). Knowledge Extraction and Discovery Based on BIM: A Critical Review and Future Directions. Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, 29(1), 335-356. doi: 10.1007/s11831-021-09576-9 http://doi.org/10.1007/s11831-021-09576-9

An Approach to Twinning and Mining Collaborative Network of Construction Projects

Published in Automation in Construction, 2021 cited by count

This reseach proposes an integrated framework for twinning and mining of collaborative networks, hidden patterns such as key players, frequently collaborating users, information flow patterns could be identified, thereby improving efficiency of collaboration and communication

Recommended citation: Lin, J.R.*, Wu D.P. (2021). An Approach to Twinning and Mining Collaborative Network of Construction Projects. Automation in Construction, 125, 103643. doi: 10.1016/j.autcon.2021.103643 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2021.103643

Linking Data Model and Formula to Automate KPI Calculation for Building Performance Benchmarking

Published in Energy Reports, 2021 cited by count

This research proposes a framework that links data silos and formula to automate KPI calculation process, enabling performance comparison of buildings based on data with defferent levels of details

Recommended citation: Zhang, Y.Y., Hu, Z.Z., Lin, J.R.*, Zhang J.P. (2021). Linking Data Model and Formula to Automate KPI Calculation for Building Performance Benchmarking. Energy Reports, 7, 1326-1337. doi: 10.1016/j.egyr.2021.02.044 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2021.02.044

A Framework for the Automatic Integration and Diagnosis of Building Energy Consumption Data

Published in Sensors, 2021 cited by count

This paper presents a unified framework for the automatic integration of building energy consumption data from heterogeneous building management systems, and identification of anomalous energy usages

Recommended citation: Yuan, S., Hu, Z.Z., Lin, J.R., Zhang Y.Y.* (2021). A Framework for the Automatic Integration and Diagnosis of Building Energy Consumption Data. Sensors, 21(4), 1395. doi: 10.3390/s21041395 http://doi.org/10.3390/s21041395

Understanding On-Site Inspection of Construction Projects based on Keyword Extraction and Topic Modeling

Published in IEEE Access, 2020 cited by count

This paper proposed a novel text mining approach to identify key concerns and their dynamics of on-site issues based on keyword extraction and topic modeling. With the proposed method, decision-makers could extract key concerns (i.e. categories of on-site issues) and their changes with time. Therefore, a more efficient on-site inspection and data-centric decision-making process is possible.

Recommended citation: Lin, J.R.*, Hu, Z.Z., Li, J.L., Chen, L.M. (2020). Understanding On-Site Inspection of Construction Projects based on Keyword Extraction and Topic Modeling. IEEE Access, 8, 98503-198517. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3035214 http://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3035214

Current Status and Trends of BIM in China based on Big Data and Search Engine

Published in Construction Technology, 2020

By analyzing baidu search index of BIM from 2011 to 2019, it is concluded that there exists significant differences of BIM development between different provinces of China, and new strategies to eliminate regional differences, development of BIM software and personnel trainning are suggested

Recommended citation: Lin, J.R.*, Cheng, G.F. (2020). Current Status and Trends of BIM in China based on Big Data and Search Engine. Construction Technology, 49(9), 96-99. doi: 10.7672/sgjs2020090096 http://dx.chinadoi.cn/10.7672/sgjs2020090096

A Hybrid Data Mining Method for Tunnel Engineering Based on Real-Time Monitoring Data from Tunnel Boring Machines

Published in IEEE Access, 2020 cited by count

This paper proposes a hybrid data mining method for the safety management of TBM construction

Recommended citation: Leng, S., Lin, J.R., Hu, Z.Z.*, Shen, X. (2020). A Hybrid Data Mining Method for Tunnel Engineering Based on Real-Time Monitoring Data from Tunnel Boring Machines. IEEE Access, 8, 90430-90449. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2994115 http://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2994115

A Bibliometric Review of Visual Computing in Construction Industry

Published in Visual Computing for Industry, Biomedicine, and Art, 2020 cited by count

This paper conducts a bibliometric review of visual computing techniques including BIM, CV, laser scanning, AR in the construction industry

Recommended citation: Wang, H.W., Hu, Z.Z., Lin, J.R.* (2020). A Bibliometric Review of Visual Computing in Construction Industry. Visual Computing for Industry, Biomedicine, and Art, 3, 14. doi: 10.1186/s42492-020-00050-0 http://doi.org/10.1186/s42492-020-00050-0

Semantic Classification and Hash Code Accelerated Detection of Design Changes in BIM Models

Published in Automation in Construction, 2020 cited by count

This research proposes a semantic classification and hash-code-accelerated detection of design changes in BIM models

Recommended citation: Lin, J.R.*, Zhou, Y.C. (2020). Semantic Classification and Hash Code Accelerated Detection of Design Changes in BIM Models. Automation in Construction, 115, 103212. doi: 10.1016/j.autcon.2020.103212 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2020.103212

Building Information Modeling–based Cyber-Physical Platform for Building Performance Monitoring

Published in International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, 2020 cited by count

This research presents a scalable BIM-based cyber-physical platform for building performance monitoring.

Recommended citation: Zhang, Y.Y., Kang, K., Lin, J.R.*, Zhang, J.P., Zhang, Y. (2020). Building Information Modeling–based Cyber-Physical Platform for Building Performance Monitoring. International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, 16(2), 1-21. doi: 10.1177/1550147720908170 http://doi.org/10.1177/1550147720908170

Automatic Compliance Checking in Building and Construction Area

Published in Journal of Tsinghua University (Science & Technology), 2019 cited by count

This paper reviews state-of-the-art of BIM-based compliance checking, and provides suggestions for future research

Recommended citation: Lin, J.*, Guo J. (2020). Automatic Compliance Checking in Building and Construction Area. Journal of Tsinghua University (Science & Technology), 60(10), 873-879. doi: 10.16511/j.cnki.qhdxxb.2020.25.013 http://doi.org/10.16511/j.cnki.qhdxxb.2020.25.013

Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem Considering Productivity and Construction Methods

Published in Journal of Tsinghua University (Science & Technology), 2019 cited by count

This research proposes a novel method that considers productivity and construction methods in modeling and solving resource-constrained project problem

Recommended citation: Wang, H., Lin, J.*, Zhang, J. (2020). Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem Considering Productivity and Construction Methods. Journal of Tsinghua University (Science & Technology), 60(3), 271-277. doi: 10.16511/j.cnki.qhdxxb.2019.21.035 http://doi.org/10.16511/j.cnki.qhdxxb.2019.21.035

Workpackage-based Information Modeling for Resource-Constrained Scheduling of Construction Projects

Published in Automation in Construction, 2019 cited by count

This work proposes a workpackage based information modeling approach for resource-constrained scheduling , which covers most of the information requirements for resouce-schedule optimization and is useful for last planner system.

Recommended citation: Wang, H.W., Lin, J.R.*, Zhang, J.P. (2020). Workpackage-based Information Modeling for Resource-Constrained Scheduling of Construction Projects. Automation in Construction, 109, 102958. doi: 10.1016/j.autcon.2019.102958 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2019.102958

A Review on 3D Spatial Data Analytics for Building Information Models

Published in Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, 2019 cited by count

This paper provides a systematic review on 3D spatial data analytics for BIM, state-of-the-art, challenges and potential directions are provided

Recommended citation: Zhou, Y.W., Hu, Z.Z., Lin, J.R.*, Zhang, J.P. (2020). A Review on 3D Spatial Data Analytics for Building Information Models. Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, 27(5), 1449-1463. doi: 10.1016/10.1007/s11831-019-09356-6 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11831-019-09356-6

Visualization of Indoor Thermal Environment on Mobile Devices based on Augmented Reality and Computational Fluid Dynamics

Published in Automation in Construction, 2019 cited by count

This research proposes an approach to AR-based CFD visualization on mobile devices for indoor thermal environment. Comparing to the widely used vtk format, a data compression ratio of 63.4% and a loading time saving ratio of 89.3% are achieved. Source code and test data are available on github.

Recommended citation: Lin, J.*, Cao, J., Zhang, J., van Treeck, C., Frisch, J. (2019). Visualization of Indoor Thermal Environment on Mobile Devices based on Augmented Reality and Computational Fluid Dynamics. Automation in Construction, 103, 26-40. doi: 10.1016/j.autcon.2019.02.007 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2019.02.007

Automating Closed-Loop Structural Safety Management for Bridge Construction through Multisource Data Integration

Published in Advances in Engineering Software, 2019 cited by count

This paper proposes an integrated framework automates closed-loop management of structural safety during bridge construction.

Recommended citation: Lin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, X., Hu, Z.* (2019). Automating Closed-Loop Structural Safety Management for Bridge Construction through Multisource Data Integration. Advances in Engineering Software, 128, 152-168. doi: 10.1016/j.advengsoft.2018.11.013 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965997818306689

Present and Future of Integrated Applications of BIM, Cloud Computing, Big Data and Internet of Things

Published in Journal of Graphics, 2018 cited by count

This paper reviews studies on the integration of BIM, IoT, Cloud Computing, and future trends and challenges are summarized

Recommended citation: Zhang, Y., Lin, J.*, Zhang, J. (2018). Present and Future of Integrated Applications of BIM, Cloud Computing, Big Data and Internet of Things. Journal of Graphics, 39(5), 806-816. doi: 10.11996/JG.j.2095-302X.2018050806 http://www.txxb.com.cn/EN/10.11996/JG.j.2095-302X.2018050806

Multiaspect Similarity Evaluation of BIM-Based Standard Dwelling Units for Residential Design

Published in Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 2018 cited by count

This paper proposes a method that evaluates the similarity of BIM-based standard dwelling unit from the aspects of attribute, topology, and shape.

Recommended citation: He, T., Zhang, J., Lin, J.*, Li, Y. (2018). Multiaspect Similarity Evaluation of BIM-Based Standard Dwelling Units for Residential Design. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 32(5), 04018032. doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)CP.1943-5487.0000774 https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/%28ASCE%29CP.1943-5487.0000774

Review and Exploratory Text Mining of Building Information Modeling Policies in China

Published in Construction Technology, 2018

This paper reviews BIM policies from 2013-2017 of China, and shows that BIM has been deeply applied in the industry

Recommended citation: Lin, J.*, Zhang, J. (2018). Review and Exploratory Text Mining of Building Information Modeling Policies in China. Construction Technology, 47(6), 73-78. doi: 10.7672/sgjs2018060073 (in Chinese) https://linjiarui.net/files/2018-03-06-bim-policies-in-china.pdf

Towards the Applicability of IFC for Green Building Evaluation in China

Published in Journal of Graphics, 2018 cited by count

This research extracts the information requirements and analyzes the applicability of IFC for green building evaluation in China, which is helpful for creating and updating building codes

Recommended citation: Lin, J.*, Zhang, J. (2018). Towards the Applicability of IFC for Green Building Evaluation in China. Journal of Graphics, 39(4), 765-770. doi: 10.11996/JG.j.2095-302X.2018040765 (in Chinese) http://www.txxb.com.cn/EN/10.11996/JG.j.2095-302X.2018040765

Space and MEP Topology Extraction and Application based on BIM

Published in Journal of Tsinghua University (Science & Technology), 2018 cited by count

This paper proposes a BIM-based method for space and MEP topological information extraction and application for path finding and facility management

Recommended citation: Zhang, J., He, T., Lin, J.*, et al. (2018). Space and MEP Topology Extraction and Application based on BIM. Journal of Tsinghua University (Science & Technology), 58(6), 587-592. doi: 10.16511/j.cnki.qhdxxb.2018.26.018 (in Chinese) http://doi.org/10.16511/j.cnki.qhdxxb.2018.26.018

A Hybrid Data Mining Approach on BIM-based Building Operation and Maintenance

Published in Building and Environment, 2017 cited by count

This paper proposes a BIM-based hybrid data mining approach for building operation and maintenance.

Recommended citation: Peng, Y., Lin, J.R., Zhang, J.P., Hu, Z.Z.* (2017). A Hybrid Data Mining Approach on BIM-based Building Operation and Maintenance. Building and Environment, 126, 483-495. doi: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2017.09.030 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360132317304444

A Multi-Server Information-Sharing Environment for Cross-Party Collaboration on a Private Cloud

Published in Automation in Construction, 2017 cited by count

This paper proposes a multi-server environment for cross-party collaboration with special concern on data ownership and privacy.

Recommended citation: Zhang, J., Liu, Q., Hu, Z., Lin, J.*, Yu, F. (2017). A Multi-Server Information-Sharing Environment for Cross-Party Collaboration on a Private Cloud. Automation in Construction, 81, 180-195. doi: 10.1016/j.autcon.2017.06.021 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2017.06.021

Information Classification System for Lifecycle Management of Hydroelectric Projects

Published in Journal of Engineering Management, 2017 cited by count

This research established an information classification system for lifecycle management of hydroelectric projects

Recommended citation: Zhang, Z., Wang, H., Lin, J., Feng, Y., Zhang, J.* (2017). Information Classification System for Lifecycle Management of Hydroelectric Projects. Journal of Engineering Management, 31(4), 131-136. doi: 10.13991/j.cnki.jem.2017.04.024 http://doi.org/10.13991/j.cnki.jem.2017.04.024

Data Conversion and Sharing for Building Performance Analyses based on IFC

Published in Journal of Tsinghua University (Science & Technology), 2016 cited by count

This paper proposes an algorithm converting IFC to gbXML for building performance analyses

Recommended citation: Lin, J., Zhang, J.* (2016). Data Conversion and Sharing for Building Performance Analyses based on IFC. Journal of Tsinghua University (Science & Technology), 56(9), 997-1002. doi: 10.16511/j.cnki.qhdxxb.2016.21.057 (in Chinese) http://doi.org/10.16511/j.cnki.qhdxxb.2016.21.057

Simulation Model Generation and Application Based on BIM for Ｒesource Allocation

Published in Construction Technology, 2016

This paper proposes a method for automatic generation of DES model for resource allocation based on BIM

Recommended citation: Lin, J.*, Zhang, J. (2016). Simulation Model Generation and Application Based on BIM for Ｒesource Allocation. Construction Technology, 45(18), 1-6. doi: 10.7672/sgjs2016180001 (in Chinese) https://linjiarui.net/files/2016-04-25-simulation-model-generation-for-resource-allocation.pdf

BIM-based Safety Management for the Construction of Shi-ji Yellow River Bridge

Published in Railway Technical Innovation, 2015 cited by count

This paper proposes a BIM-based safety analysis, monitoring and management approach for bridge construction

Recommended citation: Zhang, X., Lin, J.*, Fang, J., Du, S., Hu, Z., Zhang, J., Liang, C. (2015). BIM-based Safety Management for the Construction of Shi-ji Yellow River Bridge. Railway Technical Innovation, 6, 74-76. doi: 10.19550/j.issn.1672-061x.2015.06.016 (in Chinese) http://doi.org/10.19550/j.issn.1672-061x.2015.06.016

A Natural‐Language‐Based Approach to Intelligent Data Retrieval and Representation for Cloud BIM

Published in Computer‐Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 2015 cited by count

This paper proposes a NLP-based user query understanding, BIM data query and visualization method for non-experts.

Recommended citation: Lin, J., Hu, Z.*, Zhang, J., Yu, F. (2016). A Natural‐Language‐Based Approach to Intelligent Data Retrieval and Representation for Cloud BIM. Computer‐Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 31, 18-33. doi: 10.1111/mice.12151 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/mice.12151

Schedule-resource Trade-off Modeling and Application based on 4D-BIM

Published in Journal of Information Technology in Civil Engineering and Architecture, 2014 cited by count

This research proposes an automatic schedule-resource tradeoff modeling and simulation approach for construction, which could avoid rework and improve work efficiency

Recommended citation: Lin, J.*, Zhang, J., Zhong, Y. (2014). Schedule-resource Trade-off Modeling and Application based on 4D-BIM. Journal of Information Technology in Civil Engineering and Architecture, 6(6), 44-49. doi: 10.16670/j.cnki.cn11-5823/tu.2014.06.009 (in Chinese) http://doi.org/10.16670/j.cnki.cn11-5823/tu.2014.06.009

Web-oriented BIM 3D Viewing and Information Management

Published in Journal of Information Technology in Civil Engineering and Architecture, 2013 cited by count

This paper proposes a BIM visualization and management framework based on WebGL

Recommended citation: Wang, H., Hu, Z., Lin, J., Zhang, J.* (2013). Web-oriented BIM 3D Viewing and Information Management. Journal of Information Technology in Civil Engineering and Architecture, 5(3), 1-7. doi: 10.16670/j.cnki.cn11-5823/tu.2013.03.011 (in Chinese) http://doi.org/10.16670/j.cnki.cn11-5823/tu.2013.03.011

Research and Development of BIM-based Housing Project Planning System

Published in Journal of Information Technology in Civil Engineering and Architecture, 2013 cited by count

This paper proposes a BIM- and 4D-based planning and evaluation method and prototype system for planning of residential projects

Recommended citation: Lin, J.*, Zhang, J., He, T., Jia, W., Wu, Z. (2013). Research and Development of BIM-based Housing Project Planning System. Journal of Information Technology in Civil Engineering and Architecture, 5(1), 22-26. doi: 10.16670/j.cnki.cn11-5823/tu.2013.01.004 (in Chinese) http://doi.org/10.16670/j.cnki.cn11-5823/tu.2013.01.004

Conference Papers

Standard-Driven Chinese Knowledge Extraction in Highway Domains Using Machine Learning and NLP Approach

Published in 2024 Proceedings of the ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering (i3CE 2024), 2025 cited by count

To solve data exchange barriers in transportation systems, this study proposes ML-based knowledge extraction for highway standards, which generates OWL ontologies to boost interdisciplinary collaboration

Recommended citation: Ching, W.L., Zhang, X.B., Lin, J.R., Hu, Z.Z.* (2025). Standard-Driven Chinese Knowledge Extraction in Highway Domains Using Machine Learning and NLP Approach. Proceedings of the ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering (i3CE 2024), 96-106. Pittsburgh, PA, USA. doi: 10.1061/9780784486115.010 http://doi.org/10.1061/9780784486115.010

Review on Automatic Layout Generation for Modular Buildings

Published in the 11th National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 2025 cited by count

Focusing on designing modular buildings, this study provides a systematic review on digital representation and automatic generation for layouts of modular building.

Recommended citation: Lin, J.R., Cai, Y.H., Jiang, W., Pan, P.* (2025). Review on Automatic Layout Generation for Modular Buildings. the 11th National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 375-379. China Architecture&Building Press. Beijing, China. https://linjiarui.net/files/2025-11-15-review-on-automatic-layout-generation-for-modular-buildings.pdf

Data Integration for Operation and Maintenance of Tunnels based on BIM and Ontology

Published in the 11th National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 2025 cited by count

This study proposes a multi-source heterogeneous data integration method that utilizes BIM and ontology to support tunnel operation and maintenance and health monitoring

Recommended citation: An, P., Long, L., Hu, Z.Z.*, Lin, J.R., Yu, Y.T. (2025). Data Integration for Operation and Maintenance of Tunnels based on BIM and Ontology. the 11th National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 324-331. China Architecture&Building Press. Beijing, China. https://linjiarui.net/files/2025-11-15-data-integration-for-operation-and-maintenance-of-tunnels-based-on-BIM-and-ontology.pdf

Integrated Framework for Compliance Checking and Performance Evaluation in Building Design

Published in Proceedings of the 6th ICCBEI, 2025 cited by count

This study proposes an integrated framework combining NLP-AutoChecking, DiffEvac, and BIM design software, which enables rapid design iterations via a check-simulate-modify cycle, significantly improving deisng quality with broad practical potential

Recommended citation: Han, J., Zheng, Z., Xu, Z., Lu, X.Z., Lin, J.R.* (2025). Integrated Framework for Compliance Checking and Performance Evaluation in Building Design. Proceedings of The Sixth International Conference on Civil and Building Engineering Informatics, 22, 804-816. Hong Kong. doi: 10.29007/5797 http://doi.org/10.29007/5797

Cybersecurity-Aware Decentralized Machine Learning Framework for Construction Equipment Motion Recognition Using Blockchain

Published in Proceedings of the 6th ICCBEI, 2025 cited by count

This paper proposes a blockchain-based CADML framework, develops the MLSC smart contract, and extends blockchain-ML integration to cover the full lifecycle of ML models

Recommended citation: Zheng, C., Tao, X.*, Lin, J., Das, M., Shou, W., Cheng, J.C.P. (2025). Cybersecurity-Aware Decentralized Machine Learning Framework for Construction Equipment Motion Recognition Using Blockchain. Proceedings of The Sixth International Conference on Civil and Building Engineering Informatics, 22, 1102-1112. Hong Kong. doi: 10.29007/lvjg http://doi.org/10.29007/lvjg

Unified Network-Based Representation of BIM Models for Embedding Semantic, Spatial, and Topological Data

Published in 2025 Proceedings of the 42nd ISARC, 2025 cited by count

This study proposes a unified network-based representation method that integrates the multidimensional semantic, spatial, topological features of BIM models

Recommended citation: Han, J., Lu, X.Z., Lin, J.R.* (2025). Unified Network-Based Representation of BIM Models for Embedding Semantic, Spatial, and Topological Data. 2025 Proceedings of the 42nd ISARC, 1245-1251. Montreal, Canada. doi: 10.22260/ISARC2025/0161 http://doi.org/10.22260/ISARC2025/0161

SatAOI: Delimitating Area of Interest for Swing-Arm Troweling Robot for Construction

Published in 2025 Proceedings of the 42nd ISARC, 2025 cited by count

The study proposes the SatAOI algorithm to delimitate the AOI for swing-arm troweling robots in complex construction scenarios.

Recommended citation: Li, J.R., Zhou, S., Pan, P.*, Cai, R., Chen, G. (2025). SatAOI: Delimitating Area of Interest for Swing-Arm Troweling Robot for Construction. 2025 Proceedings of the 42nd ISARC, 389-396. Montreal, Canada. doi: 10.22260/ISARC2025/0052 http://doi.org/10.22260/ISARC2025/0052

Evaluation and Comparison of Defect Detection Alogrithms for Concrete Structures

Published in the 10th National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 2024 cited by count

This study investigates the performance, accuracy, recall of different algorithms for defect detection of concrete structures, and results show that YOLOv9 performs the best among the considered four methods

Recommended citation: Guo, J.X., Pan, P., Lin, J.R.* (2024). Evaluation and Comparison of Defect Detection Alogrithms for Concrete Structures. the 10th National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 480-484. China Architecture&Building Press. Hangzhou, China. https://linjiarui.net/files/2024-11-14-evaluation-and-comparison-of-defect-detection-algorithms-for-concrete-structures.pdf

Development and Verification of Rule Checking Database based on Revit Model Checker

Published in the 10th National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 2024 cited by count

This study develops the rule checking database of fire safety standard based on Revit Model Checker, and verifies the database in a typical project to show its pros and cons

Recommended citation: Cao, X.Y., Lu, J.Z., Lin, J.R.* (2024). Development and Verification of Rule Checking Database based on Revit Model Checker. the 10th National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 239-243. China Architecture&Building Press. Hangzhou, China. https://linjiarui.net/files/2024-11-14-development-and-verification-rule-checking-database-based-on-revit-model-checker.pdf

ChatBIM: Interactive Data Retrieval and Visualization from BIM

Published in the 10th International Conference on Innovative Production and Construction (IPC 2024), 2024 cited by count

This paper briefly introduces the BIM data intelligent extraction and visualization method proposed by the authors, which can automatically understand user text or voice input via LLM, achieving automatic BIM data extraction and acquisition of construction status.

Recommended citation: Lin, J.R.*, Chen, K.Y., Pang, P., Wu, D.P., Zhang, J.P. (2024). ChatBIM: Interactive Data Retrieval and Visualization from BIM. the 10th International Conference on Innovative Production and Construction (IPC 2024), 265-266. Perth, Australia. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.31563.20006

Digital Twin based Construction Progress Tracking by Integrating BIM and 3D Reconstruction

Published in the 9th National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 2023 cited by count

This study proposes a digital twin driven approach to construction progress monitoring by integration of BIM and 3D reconstruction

Recommended citation: Zhou, S.J., Pan, P., Gu, D.L., Lin, J.R.* (2023). Digital Twin based Construction Progress Tracking by Integrating BIM and 3D Reconstruction. the 9th National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 453-457. China Architecture&Building Press. Xian, China. https://linjiarui.net/files/2023-11-24-digital-twin-based-construction-progress-tracking-by-BIM-and-3D-reconstruction.pdf

Automatic Design Method of Building Pipeline Layout Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning

Published in 30th International Conference on Intelligent Computing in Engineering (EG-ICE 2023), 2023 cited by count

This study proposes an approach to automatic design of building pipeline layout based on deep reinforcement learning, and illustrates the potential benefits of DRL for design of complex pipeline systems.

Recommended citation: Yang, C., Zheng, Z., Lin, J.R.* (2023). Automatic Design Method of Building Pipeline Layout Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning. 30th International Conference on Intelligent Computing in Engineering (EG-ICE 2023), 42-51. London, UK. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2305.10760

Designtracking: Track and Replay BIM-Based Design Process

Published in 2023 Creative Construction Conference (CCC2023), 2023 cited by count

This study proposes an approach to track and replay the BIM-based design process, which could be used to review the design process, understand design behaviors, and identify potential pitfalls to improve the design process.

Recommended citation: Ni, X.R., Zheng, Z., Lin, J.R.*, Hu, Z.Z., Zhang, X. (2023). Designtracking: Track and Replay BIM-Based Design Process. 2023 Creative Construction Conference (CCC2023), 42-47. Keszthely, Lake Balaton, Hungary. https://doi.org/10.3311/CCC2023-006

A Review on Current Advances of Intelligent Construction Based on Bibliometric Analysis

Published in International Conference on Construction and Real Estate Management 2022, 2022 cited by count

This research reviews both chinese and english articles on intelligent construction via bibliometric analysis, to reveal the advances in this area

Recommended citation: Yan, J.K., Zheng, Z., Zhou, Y.C., Lin, J.R.*, Deng, Y.C. (2022). A Review on Current Advances of Intelligent Construction Based on Bibliometric Analysis. International Conference on Construction and Real Estate Management 2022, 340-355. ASCE. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784484562.037

Sensing Design Behaviors in BIM Environment

Published in the 8th National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 2022 cited by count

This research proposes an approach to sensing design behaviors in BIM environment, which could be used to extract potential design patterns and how they impact productivity

Recommended citation: Ni, X.R., Zheng, Z., Lin, J.R.*, Zhou, Y.C. (2022). Sensing Design Behaviors in BIM Environment. the 8th National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 157-161. China Architecture&Building Press. Shenzhen, China. https://linjiarui.net/files/2022-11-19-sensing-design-behaviors-in-bim-environment.pdf

Knowledge-Driven Assessment of Wind Disaster for Buildings

Published in the 8th National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 2022 cited by count

This research proposed an approach to fast assess potential building damages induced by wind disasters based on knowledge graph

Recommended citation: Min, Y.T., Leng, S., Hu, Z.Z.*, Lin, J.R., Yu, Y.T. (2022). Knowledge-Driven Assessment of Wind Disaster for Buildings. the 8th National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 21-26. China Architecture&Building Press. Shenzhen, China. https://linjiarui.net/files/2022-11-19-knowledge-driven-assessment-of-wind-disaster-for-buildings.pdf

Intelligent Decision Support for Construction Safety based on Knowledge Graph

Published in the 8th National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 2022 cited by count

This research proposed an approach to intelligent decision support based on knowledge graph for constrution safety

Recommended citation: An, P., Hu, Z.Z.*, Lin, J.R., Wu, Z., Yu, Y.T. (2022). Intelligent Decision Support for Construction Safety based on Knowledge Graph. the 8th National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 15-20. China Architecture&Building Press. Shenzhen, China. https://linjiarui.net/files/2022-11-19-intelligent-decision-support-for-construction-safety-based-on-knowledge-graph.pdf

BIM-based Evacuation Simulation for Subway Considering Impacts of Floods

Published in the 8th National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 2022 cited by count

This research proposes an agent-based evacuation simulation method for subways considering the impacts of floods, factors have significant impacts on evacuation are indentified

Recommended citation: Chen, K.Y., Zheng, Z., Lin, J.R.*, Zhou, Y.C. (2022). BIM-based Evacuation Simulation for Subway Considering Impacts of Floods. the 8th National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 122-127. China Architecture&Building Press. Shenzhen, China. https://linjiarui.net/files/2022-11-19-bim-based-evacuation-simulation-for-subway-with-influence-of-floods.pdf

Earthquake Impact Analysis Based on Text Mining and Social Media Analytics

Published in 22nd International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality (CONVR2022), 2022 cited by count

This paper proposes an approach to estimate the impact of earthquakes through text mining and social media analytics

Recommended citation: Zheng, Z., Shi, H.Z., Zhou, Y.C., Lu, X.Z., Lin, J.R.* (2022). Earthquake Impact Analysis Based on Text Mining and Social Media Analytics. 22nd International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality (CONVR2022), 1116-1124. Seoul, South Korea. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2212.06765

BIM–based Reliability Assessment for Design and Maintenance of Buildings and Infrastructures

Published in 31st National Conference on Structural Engineering, 2022 cited by count

This research proposes an approach for reliability assessment of buildings and infrastructures by integrating BIM and reliability theory

Recommended citation: Zheng, Y., Zhang, Y.*, Lin, J. (2022). BIM–based Reliability Assessment for Design and Maintenance of Buildings and Infrastructures. Proceedings of the 31st National Conference on Structural Engineering (No.1), 480-486. Press of Engineering Mechanics. Naning, China. https://linjiarui.net/files/2022-11-04-BIM-based-reliability-assessment-of-buildings-and-infrastructures.pdf

Text Mining-Based Patent Analysis for Automated Rule Checking in AEC

Published in 19th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering (ICCCBE 2022), 2022 cited by count

This research analyzes the patents related to automated rule checking based on text mining and social network analysis, differences between patents in China and other countries are also discussed.

Recommended citation: Zheng, Z., Kang, B.R., Yuan, Q.T., Zhou, Y.C., Lu, X.Z., Lin, J.R.* (2022). Text Mining-Based Patent Analysis for Automated Rule Checking in AEC. 19th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering (ICCCBE 2022), 11-25. Cape Town, South Africa. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32515-1_2

A New Method on System Reliability Analysis based on Survival Signature Theory

Published in the 8th International Symposium on Reliability Engineering and Risk Management(ISRERM 2022), 2022 cited by count

This study proposes a new method for system reliability by incorporating survival signature theory

Recommended citation: Zheng, Y., Zhang, Y., Lin, J. (2022). A New Method on System Reliability Analysis based on Survival Signature Theory. the 8th International Symposium on Reliability Engineering and Risk Management(ISRERM 2022), 475-482. https://doi.org/10.3850/978-981-18-5184-1_MS-14-136-cd

Exploiting the Power of Human-Robot Collaboration: Coupling and Scale Effects in Bricklaying

Published in ICRA Workshop 2022, 2022 cited by count

This pioneer research introduces an agent-based modeling approach to investigate the coupling effect and scale effect of HRC in the bricklaying process, and can be taken as a stepstone for developing and evaluating new robots, optimizing HRC processes, and even training future industrial workers in the construction industry.

Recommended citation: Lin, J.R.*, Wu, M. (2022). Exploiting the Power of Human-Robot Collaboration: Coupling and Scale Effects in Bricklaying. ICRA Workshop 2022, May 23, 2022, Philadelphia, United States. doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.15951.15522 http://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.15951.15522

Review on Enabling Information Technology for Intelligent Supervision

Published in the 7th National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 2021 cited by count

This research reviews corresponding enabling information technologies for intelligent supervision, and divided them into different categories according to different tasks involved in construction project supervision

Recommended citation: Lin, C., Cheng, Y., Hu, Z.Z.*, Zhou, H., Lin, J.R., Wang, G.R. (2021). Review on Enabling Information Technology for Intelligent Supervision. the 7th National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 484-488. China Architecture&Building Press. Chongqing, China. https://linjiarui.net/files/2021-12-25-review-on-enabling-information-technology-for-intelligent-supervision.pdf

Performanced-based Compliance Checking of Fire Protection Design based on Knowledge Graph

Published in the 7th National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 2021 cited by count

This work proposes a performance-based compliance checking method based on knowledge graph, which could infer and generate potential simulation scenarios for automatic checking of performance metrics

Recommended citation: Zheng, Z., Zhou, Y.C., Lin, J.R.*, Huang, K.J., Lu, X.Z. (2021). Performanced-based Compliance Checking of Fire Protection Design based on Knowledge Graph. the 7th National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 474-478. China Architecture&Building Press. Chongqing, China. https://linjiarui.net/files/2021-12-25-performance-based-compliance-checking-based-on-knowledge-graph.pdf

Data Management Framework for Building Energy Consumption

Published in the 7th National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 2021 cited by count

This research proposes a framework for the management of building energy consumption data, and summarizes required key techniques when developing corresponding platform

Recommended citation: Zhang, Y.Y.*, Hu, Z.Z., Lin, J.R., Zhang, J.P. (2021). Data Management Framework for Building Energy Consumption. the 7th National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 536-540. China Architecture&Building Press. Chongqing, China. https://linjiarui.net/files/2021-12-25-data-management-framework-for-energy-consumption.pdf

Named Entity Recognition for Automatic Compliance Checking

Published in the 7th National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 2021 cited by count

In this work, we developed a few semantic labels and regulatory datasets for automatic compliance checking, with which deep learning-based named entity recognition algorithm based on deep learning is introduced for rule interpretation

Recommended citation: Zhou, Y.C., Zheng, Z., Lin, J.R.*, Yang, Z.Y., Lu, X.Z. (2021). Named Entity Recognition for Automatic Compliance Checking. the 7th National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 469-473. China Architecture&Building Press. Chongqing, China. https://linjiarui.net/files/2021-12-25-NER-for-automatic-compliance-checking.pdf

Data Cleaning for Prediction and its Evaluation of Building Energy Consumption

Published in 2021 Proceedings of the 38th ISARC, 2021 cited by count

This paper proposed a data cleaning method combing threshold and cluster method, an index to evaluate the accuracy improvement on big data prediction was also introduced.

Recommended citation: Zhang, Y.Y, Hu, Z.Z., Lin, J.R., Zhang, J.P.(2021). Data Cleaning for Prediction and its Evaluation of Building Energy Consumption. 2021 Proceedings of the 38th ISARC, 427-434. Dubai, UAE. doi: 10.22260/ISARC2021/0059 https://doi.org/10.22260/ISARC2021/0059

Automatic Construction of Building Code Graph for Regulation Intelligence

Published in Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Construction and Real Estate Management (ICCREM 2021), 2021 cited by count

Tish research proposes a method to automatically collect and formalize building codes and transform them into a knowledge graph representation for regulatory intelligence. By converting regulatory texts into XML-based documents and neo4j graphs based on NLP techniques, it is possible to search relationships and identify potential conflicts between different codes, even design compliance review could be improved with the generated building code graph

Recommended citation: Zhou, Y.C., Lin, J.R.*, She, Z.T. (2021). Automatic Construction of Building Code Graph for Regulation Intelligence. Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Construction and Real Estate Management (ICCREM 2021), 248-254. Beijing, China. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784483848.028

Parameterized FEA Model Generation and Simulation of Underground Structures Based on BIM: A Case Study

Published in Proceedings of the ASCE 2021 International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering (i3CE 2021), 2021 cited by count

This work proposes an parameterized finite element model generation and simulation method based on visual programming and OpenSees. The proposed method provides an automatic BIM-to-FEA conversion way that can efficiently generate FEA construction simulation models with various working conditions, and realizes a time-saving construction simulation framework based on BIM technology

Recommended citation: Song, S.Y., Lin, J.R.*, Zhou, Y.C., Ding, W.Q. (2021). Parameterized FEA Model Generation and Simulation of Underground Structures Based on BIM: A Case Study. Proceedings of the ASCE 2021 International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering (i3CE 2021), 408-416. Orlando, Florida, USA. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784483893.051

Ontology-based Risk Assessment and Solution During Shield Tunnel Construction

Published in Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Innovative Production and Construction (IPC 2020), 2020 cited by count

This research proposes an ontology-based approach to modeling and sharing risk management knowledge related shield tunnel construction

Recommended citation: Zhou, Y.C., Lin, J.R. (2020). "Ontology-based Risk Assessment and Solution During Shield Tunnel Construction. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Innovative Production and Construction (IPC 2020), 167-177. Hong Kong. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.17120.84481

A Framework to Automate Reliability-based Structural Optimization based on Visual Programming and OpenSees

Published in Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management (ICCEPM 2020), 2020 cited by count

This research proposes an approach to generate various design candidates and load samples, run OpenSees simulation, and evaluate structural reliability automatically based on visual programming, which could save lots of model creation and simulation time, enabling exploration of large parameter space

Recommended citation: Lin, J.R.*, Xiao, J., Zhang, Y. (2020). A Framework to Automate Reliability-based Structural Optimization based on Visual Programming and OpenSees Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management (ICCEPM 2020), 225-234. Hong Kong. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.23831.73126

Towards Knowledge Graph for Intelligent Regulations such as Fire Protection Codes

Published in the 6th National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 2020 cited by count

This research explores how to use knowledge graph to represent building regulations such as fire protections codes for intelligent search, collision detection and compliance checking

Recommended citation: Lin, J.*, Liao, P. (2020). Towards Knowledge Graph for Intelligent Regulations such as Fire Protection Codes. Proceedings of the 6th National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 74-78. China Architecture&Building Press. Taiyuan, China. (in Chinese) https://linjiarui.net/files/2020-11-07-knowledge-graph-for-intelligent-regulations-such-as-fire-protection-code.pdf

Data Cleaning for Building Performance Monitoring

Published in the 6th National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 2020 cited by count

This research explores how to clean monitoring data of building performance for better data prediction

Recommended citation: Chen, W., Zhang, Y., Lin, J. (2020). Data Cleaning for Building Performance Monitoring. Proceedings of the 6th National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 321-325. China Architecture&Building Press. Taiyuan, China. (in Chinese) https://linjiarui.net/files/2020-11-07-data-cleaning-for-building-performance-monitoring.pdf

Study on the Reliability of Apartment Network System in Tsinghua University

Published in The 11th National Conference on Structural Design Basis and Reliability, 2020

The time-varying reliability of each pipe and the upper and lower bound of system reliability is investigated to improve maintenance strategy

Recommended citation: Zheng, Y.D., Zhang, Y., Lin, J.R. (2020). Study on the Reliability of Apartment Network System in Tsinghua University. Proceedings of the 11th National Conference on Structural Design Basis and Reliability, 107-121. Wuhan University of Technology Press. Wuhan, China. https://linjiarui.net/files/2020-11-06-reliability-of-apartment-pipeline-network-of-tsinghua.pdf

OpenBridgeGraph: Integrating Open Government Data for Bridge Management

Published in 2020 Proceedings of the 37th ISARC, 2020 cited by count

This research investigates how to integrate the bridge information and the environmental data opened by the government based on graph modeling for bridge maintenance

Recommended citation: Lin, J.R.* (2020). OpenBridgeGraph: Integrating Open Government Data for Bridge Management. 2020 Proceedings of the 37th ISARC, 1255-1262. Kitakyshu, Japan. doi: 10.22260/ISARC2020/0172 https://doi.org/10.22260/ISARC2020/0172

An Agent-based Approach for Modeling Human-robot Collaboration in Bricklaying

Published in 2020 Proceedings of the 37th ISARC, 2020 cited by count

This research proposes an agent-based modeling approach to simulate human-robot collaboration in bricklaying, result shows that communication model and human factors have a significant impact on construction productivity

Recommended citation: Wu, M.H., Lin, J.R.* (2020). An Agent-based Approach for Modeling Human-robot Collaboration in Bricklaying. 2020 Proceedings of the 37th ISARC, 797-804. Kitakyshu, Japan. doi: 10.22260/ISARC2020/0110 https://doi.org/10.22260/ISARC2020/0110

Automatic MEP Knowledge Acquisition Based on Documents and Natural Language Processing

Published in 36th CIB W78 2019 Conference, 2019

This paper proposes an automatic approach to knowledge graph construction based on NLP and deep learning

Recommended citation: Leng, S., Hu, Z.Z.*, Luo, Z., Zhang, J.P., Lin, J.R. (2019). Automatic MEP Knowledge Acquisition Based on Documents and Natural Language Processing. Proceedings of the 36th CIB W78 2019 Conference, 800-809. Newcastle, United Kingdom. https://linjiarui.net/files/2019-09-18-automatic-mep-knowledge-acquisition-based-on-nlp.pdf

Classification and Exemplary BIM Models Development of Design Changes

Published in 2019 Proceedings of the 36th ISARC, 2019 cited by count

This research provides a new method on classifying design changes from an engineers view, and estalished a few exemplary BIM models for validation relevant design change detection methods

Recommended citation: Lin, J.R.*, Zhou, Y.C., Zhang, J.P., Hu, Z.Z. (2019). Classification and Exemplary BIM Models Development of Design Changes. 2019 Proceedings of the 36th ISARC, 122-127. Banff, Alberta, Canada. doi: 10.22260/ISARC2019/0017 https://doi.org/10.22260/ISARC2019/0017

Framework of Building Performance Data Sensing and Service Platform

Published in the 4th National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 2018

This research proposes a scalable framework for building performance data sensing and service

Recommended citation: Zhang, Y., Lin, J.*, Kang, K., Zhang, J. (2018). Framework of Building Performance Data Sensing and Service Platform. Proceedings of the 4th National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 331-335. China Architecture&Building Press. Hefei, China. (in Chinese) https://linjiarui.net/files/2018-11-24-framework-for-building-performance-monitoring-and-data-management.pdf

Space Detection and Reconstruction of BIM for Facility Management

Published in the 4th National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 2018

This paper proposes a 3D-voxelization-based approach to detecting and reconstructing spaces from BIM models without space information for facility management

Recommended citation: Lin, J.*, Zhang, J. (2018). Space Detection and Reconstruction of BIM for Facility Management. Proceedings of the 4th National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 289-293. China Architecture&Building Press. Hefei, China. (in Chinese) https://linjiarui.net/files/2018-11-24-automatic-space-detection-for-maintenance.pdf

Ontology-Based Semantic Retrieval Method of Energy Consumption Management

Published in Advances in Informatics and Computing in Civil and Construction Engineering, 2018 cited by count

This paper presents an ontology-based method for the retrieval of energy consumption data.

Recommended citation: Xiao, Y., Hu, Z.*, Lin, J. (2019). Ontology-Based Semantic Retrieval Method of Energy Consumption Management. Advances in Informatics and Computing in Civil and Construction Engineering, 231-238. Springer International Publishing. Chicago,Illinois, US. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-00220-6_28

Application Framework for On-Site Safety and Quality Inspection based on WeChat

Published in 17th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, 2018

This paper proposes a framework for on-site inspection based wechat.

Recommended citation: Lin, J.*, Zhang, J., Wu, D., Li, B., Gao, H. (2018). Application Framework for On-Site Safety and Quality Inspection based on WeChat. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering. Tampere, Finland. http://programme.exordo.com/icccbe2018/delegates/presentation/285/

Monitoring Framework for Utility Tunnels based on BIM and IoT Technology

Published in 17th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, 2018

This research presents a BIM- and IoT-based monitoring framework for utility tunnels.

Recommended citation: Kang, K., Lin, J.*, Zhang, J. (2018). Monitoring Framework for Utility Tunnels based on BIM and IoT Technology. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering. Tampere, Finland. http://programme.exordo.com/icccbe2018/delegates/presentation/346/

Cloud-based Integration and Mangement of Building Information

Published in the 3rd National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 2017

This paper proposes an approach to integrate and manage heterogeneous building information based on cloud computing with the consideration of data privacy

Recommended citation: Zhang, Y., Liu, Q., Lin, J.*, Zhang, J. (2017). Cloud-based Integration and Mangement of Building Information. Proceedings of the 3rd National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 399-403. China Architecture&Building Press. Shanghai, China. (in Chinese) https://linjiarui.net/files/2017-11-04-cloud-based-bim-integration-and-management.pdf

BIM-based Fire Simulation

Published in the 3rd National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 2017

This research extends a few parameters of BIM for fire simulation, and an algorithm to automatically generate FDS file is proposed

Recommended citation: Leng, S., Lin, J.*, He, T., Zhang, J. (2017). BIM-based Fire Simulation. Proceedings of the 3rd National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 366-371. China Architecture&Building Press. Shanghai, China. (in Chinese) https://linjiarui.net/files/2017-11-04-bim-based-fire-simulation.pdf

Operation-level 4D Modeling and Visualization for Modular Building based on Standard Activity Library

Published in 2017 Lean & Computing in Construction Congress (LC3), 2017 cited by count

This paper presents a operational-level 4D modeling and visualization method for modular construction based on standard activity library.

Recommended citation: Wang, H., Lin, J.*, Zhang, J. (2017). Operation-level 4D Modeling and Visualization for Modular Building based on Standard Activity Library. LC3 2017: Proceedings of the Joint Conference on Computing in Construction (JC3), 841-848. Heraklion, Crete, Greece. https://doi.org/10.24928/JC3-2017/0287 http://itc.scix.net/cgi-bin/works/Show?_id=lc3-2017-287

How Information Technology Can Improve Construction Management for General Contractor: A Case Study

Published in 3rd International Conference on Civil and Building Engineering Informatics & 2017 Conference on Computer Applications in Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, 2017

This paper discusses how information technologies can improve construction management.

Recommended citation: Zhang, Y., Lin, J.*, Zhang J. Fang, D., Hu, Z. (2017). How Information Technology Can Improve Construction Management for General Contractor: A Case Study. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Civil and Building Engineering Informatics & 2017 Conference on Computer Applications in Civil and Hydraulic Engineering (ICCBEI&CCACHE 2017), 22-25. Taipei, Taiwan. https://linjiarui.net/files/2017-04-19-how-ict-can-improve-cm-case-study.pdf

Architecture of BIM-based Lifecycle Management Platform for Hydroelectric Projects

Published in the 2nd National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 2016

This paper establishes an architecture for lifecycle management of hydroelectric projects by integrating BIM, Cloud Computing, and IoT

Recommended citation: Zhang, Z., Wen, Q., Zhang, Y., Feng, Y., Lin, J.*, Zhang, J. (2016). Architecture of BIM-based Lifecycle Management Platform for Hydroelectric Projects. Proceedings of the 2nd National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 190-194. China Architecture&Building Press. Guangzhou, China. (in Chinese) https://linjiarui.net/files/2016-11-12-bim-platform-architecture-for-hydroelectric-projects.pdf

Architecture Design of Multi-level BIM Platform for Companies

Published in the 2nd National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 2016

This paper proposes an platform architecture to share information for collaboration of multi-level organizations of a company

Recommended citation: Lin, J.*, Yang, M., Zhou, Y., Zhang, Y., Zhang, X., Zhang, J. (2016). Architecture Design of Multi-level BIM Platform for Companies. Proceedings of the 2nd National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 195-199. China Architecture&Building Press. Guangzhou, China. (in Chinese) https://linjiarui.net/files/2016-11-12-bim-platform-architecture-for-companies.pdf

Material Management for Bridge Construction Utilizing BIM- and IoT-based Platform

Published in the 2nd National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 2016

This research proposes an approach to material management based on BIM and IoT platform for bridge construction

Recommended citation: He, T., Yao, F., Lin, J.*, Zhang, J., Chen, H. (2016). Material Management for Bridge Construction Utilizing BIM- and IoT-based Platform. Proceedings of the 2nd National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 185-189. China Architecture&Building Press. Guangzhou, China. (in Chinese) https://linjiarui.net/files/2016-11-12-bim-iot-based-material-management-for-bridges.pdf

A BIM-based Safety Monitoring and Analysis System for a High-speed Railway Bridge

Published in 33rd CIB W78 International Conference on Information technology for Construction, 2016

This paper proposes a BIM-based safety monitoring and structural analysis system for bridges.

Recommended citation: Zhou, Y., Hu, Z.*, Zhang, X., Lin, J. (2016). A BIM-based Safety Monitoring and Analysis System for a High-speed Railway Bridge. Proceedings of the 33rd CIB W78 International Conference on Information Technology for Construction. Brisbane, Australia. http://itc.scix.net/cgi-bin/works/Show?w78-2016-paper-024

BIM Application in Owner and EPC Contractor Collaborative Management of a Large-Scale Public Building Project

Published in 33rd CIB W78 International Conference on Information technology for Construction, 2016

This paper describes a detailed BIM application for collaboration of owners and general contractors.

Recommended citation: Wen, Q., Lin, J., Zhang, J.*, Wang, X., Qiu, C. (2016). BIM Application in Owner and EPC Contractor Collaborative Management of a Large-Scale Public Building Project. Proceedings of the 33rd CIB W78 International Conference on Information Technology for Construction. Brisbane, Australia. http://itc.scix.net/cgi-bin/works/Show?w78-2016-paper-020

A Topological and Hierarchical Information Integration Approach for Standard-unit-based Residential Planning

Published in 16th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, 2016

This paper proposes an approach to the integration of topological and hierarchical data for residential design.

Recommended citation: He, T., Zhang, J., Lin, J.*, Jia, W., Hu, Z. (2016). A Topological and Hierarchical Information Integration Approach for Standard-unit-based Residential Planning. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, 381-388. Osaka, Japan. https://linjiarui.net/files/2016-07-06-topological-and-hierarchical-information-integration-for-residential-design.pdf

A Relativity Evaluation Approach to Unstructured Document Integration and Retrieval for Building Information Modeling

Published in 16th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, 2016

This research proposes a relativity evaluation method for linking unstructured documents with BIM facilitating the retrieval process.

Recommended citation: Zhang, Y., Zhang, J.*, Liu, Q., Lin, J. (2016). A Relativity Evaluation Approach to Unstructured Document Integration and Retrieval for Building Information Modeling. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, 936-942. Osaka, Japan. https://linjiarui.net/files/2016-07-06-relativity-evaluation-for-unstrucutred-document-integration-and-retrieval.pdf

Towards BIM-based Model Integration and Safety Analysis for Bridge Construction

Published in 16th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, 2016

This research proposes an approach to integrating BIM with structural model for safety analysis during bridge constructiion.

Recommended citation: Zhang, X., Lin, J.*, Hu, Z., Zhang, J., Fang, J., Du, S. (2016). Towards BIM-based Model Integration and Safety Analysis for Bridge Construction. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, 1091-1097. Osaka, Japan. https://linjiarui.net/files/2016-07-06-bim-based-model-integration-and-safety-analysis-for-bridge.pdf

Building Layout Optimization based on BIM and Sunlight Simulation

Published in the 1st National Conference on Building Information Modeling, 2015

This paper proposes an improved genetic algorithm for building layour optimization based on BIM and sunlight simulation

Recommended citation: Ruan, Y., He, T.*, Zhang, J., Lin, J. (2015). Building Layout Optimization based on BIM and Sunlight Simulation. Proceedings of the 1st National Conference on Building Information Modeling. Beijing, China. (in Chinese) https://linjiarui.net/files/2015-10-31-bim-based-layout-optimization-for-residential-projects.pdf

Leveraging BIM in Settlement Monitoring and Impact Management for Subway Excavation

Published in 32nd CIB W78 International Conference on Information technology for Construction, 2015

This paper presents a BIM-based method for settlement monitoring and impact management.

Recommended citation: Lin, J.*, Zhang, J., Wen, Q., Wang, F. (2015). Leveraging BIM in Settlement Monitoring and Impact Management for Subway Excavation. Proceedings of the 32nd CIB W78 International Conference on Information Technology for Construction, 469-477. Eindhoven, the Netherlands. http://itc.scix.net/cgi-bin/works/Show?w78-2015-paper-049

Visualization and Automatic Verification of a Schedule-Driven 4D Model

Published in 15th International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality, 2015

This paper presents a visualization and verification method of 4D model.

Recommended citation: Lin, J.*, Zhang, J., He, T., Hu, Z., Yao, F. (2015). Visualization and Automatic Verification of a Schedule-Driven 4D Model. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality. Banff, Alberta, Canada. https://linjiarui.net/files/2015-10-05-visualization-and-verification-of-4d-model.pdf

Schedule-Resource Trade-off Based on Construction Process Simulation and Simulated Annealing

Published in the 17th National Conference on Computer Application in Civil Engineering, 2014

This paper proposes a integrated solution for schedule-resource tradeoff based on 4D-BIM and process simulation

Recommended citation: Lin, J.*, Zhang, J., Zhong, Y. (2014). Schedule-Resource Trade-off Based on Construction Process Simulation and Simulated Annealing. Proceedings of the 17th National Conference on Computer Application in Civil Engineering, 41-46. China Civil Engineering Society. Beijing, China. (in Chinese) https://linjiarui.net/files/2014-11-14-bim-des-based-schedule-resource-tradeoff.pdf

BIM-Based Plan Modeling System at Preliminary Stage for Residential Real Estate Projects

Published in Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, 2014 cited by count

This paper proposes an fast plan modeling system for residential design based standard BIM model library.

Recommended citation: He, T., Lin, J., Hu, Z., Zhang, J., Jia, W., Su, J. (2014). BIM-Based Plan Modeling System at Preliminary Stage for Residential Real Estate Projects. Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, 61, 488-495. https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/9780784413616.061

BIM Oriented Intelligent Data Mining and Representation

Published in 30th CIB W78 International Conference on Information technology for Construction, 2013

This paper presents a NLP-based method for intelligent data retrieval and representation from BIM database.

Recommended citation: Lin, J.*, Hu, Z. and Zhang, J. (2013). BIM Oriented Intelligent Data Mining and Representation. Proceedings of the 30th CIB W78 International Conference on Information Technology for Construction, 280-289. Beijing, China. http://itc.scix.net/cgi-bin/works/Show?w78-2013-paper-112

Research and Development of BIM-based Housing Project Planning System

Published in the 16th National Conference of Computer Application in Civil Engineering, 2012

This paper proposes a BIM- and 4D-based planning and evaluation method and prototype system for planning of residential projects

Recommended citation: Lin, J.*, Zhang, J., He, T., Jia, W., Wu, Z. (2012). Research and Development of BIM-based Housing Project Planning System. Proceedings of the 16th National Conference of Computer Application in Civil Engineering, 355-362. China Civil Engineering Society. Guangzhou, China. (in Chinese) https://linjiarui.net/files/2012-11-22-bim-based-planning-platform-for-residential-projects.pdf

Research on IDM-based BIM Process Information Exchange Technology

Published in 14th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, 2012

This research proposes a method for IDM-based BIM data exchange.

Recommended citation: Zhang, J., Lin, J.*, Hu, Z., Yu, F. (2012). Research on IDM-based BIM Process Information Exchange Technology. Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering. Moscow, Russia. https://linjiarui.net/files/2012-06-27-idm-based-bim-information-exchange.pdf

Book Chapters

Lifecycle Management of Modular Buildings based on Information and communication Technologies

Published in Report on the Application of ICTs in the Construction Area of China: Developments and Applications in Modular Construction, 2019

This chapter summarizes the features, system architecture, key technologies, and applications of cloud platform for the lifecycle management of modular buildings

Recommended citation: Lin, J.R., Wang, C.Y., Zhou, C., Zhang, J.P., et al. (2019). Lifecycle Management of Modular Buildings based on Information and communication Technologies. Report on the Application of ICTs in the Construction Area of China: Developments and Applications in Modular Construction, 287-320. China Electric Power Press. Beijing, China.

Integrated Lifecycle Management of Construction Projects based on Cloud BIM

Published in Key Technologies and Engineering Applications of Smart Construction, 2017

This chapter introduces how cloud BIM platform is utilized in the lifecycle management of the Beijing Huaifang water plant

Recommended citation: Zhang, J.P., Lin, J.R.， Zhang, Y.Y. (2017). Integrated Lifecycle Management of Construction Projects based on Cloud BIM. Key Technologies and Engineering Applications of Smart Construction, 31-50. China Architecture & Building Press. Beijing, China.

Integrated BIM Application in the Construction of Beijing Ikea Shopping Mall

Published in Research and Application of BIM in the Construction of Largescale Projects, 2014

This chapter introduces how BIM is applied in the construction management of Beijing Ikea shopping mall

Recommended citation: Duan, X.J., Zhang, J.P., Fang, X.W., Lin, J.R. (2014). Integrated BIM Application in the Construction of Beijing Ikea Shopping Mall. Research and Application of BIM in the Construction of Largescale Projects, 143-162. China Architecture & Building Press. Beijing, China.