An engineer's guide to eXplainable Artificial Intelligence and Interpretable Machine Learning: Navigating causality, forced goodness, and the false perception of …

MZ Naser - Automation in Construction, 2021 - Elsevier
While artificial intelligence (AI), and by extension machine learning (ML), continues to be
adopted in parallel engineering disciplines, the integration of AI/ML into the structural …

Fire performance of masonry under various testing methods

A Daware, MZ Naser - Construction and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Masonry, as a construction material, is known to perform well under elevated temperatures,
which makes it an attractive choice for structural applications. This superior performance is a …

Machine learning-based surrogate model for calibrating fire source properties in FDS models of façade fire tests

HT Nguyen, Y Abu-Zidan, G Zhang, KTQ Nguyen - Fire Safety Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Calibration is an important step in the development of predictive numerical models that
involves adjusting input parameters not easily measured in experiments to improve the …

Hiding in plain sight: What can interpretable unsupervised machine learning and clustering analysis tell us about the fire behavior of reinforced concrete columns?

AÖ Çiftçioğlu, MZ Naser - Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
The role of machine learning (ML) continues to rise in the structural fire engineering area.
Noting the widespread of supervised ML approaches, such methods are being heavily …

Quantitative evaluation of the relationship between physical parameters and building demolition or adaptation outcomes

D McFarland, B Ross, MZ Naser, R Blok… - Architecture, Structures …, 2021 - Springer
Building adaptation and re-use can contribute to a circular and sustainable built
environment, as existing buildings are adapted and the need for new construction materials …

Deriving Generalized Temperature-dependent Material Models for Masonry through Fire Tests and Machine Learning

AA Daware - 2021 - search.proquest.com
Masonry is one of the oldest and commonly used building materials in the construction
industry. Among a variety of benefits, masonry provides low-cost construction, fire, and …

Evaluation of Physical Parameters and Building Adaptation and Demolition Outcomes

D McFarland - 2021 - search.proquest.com
The relationships between the physical features of buildings and the adaptability of those
buildings have become an intriguing topic for many researchers in recent years. Although …