In the context of postdisaster recovery, housing reestablishment has been known to be a
critical factor as it has ripple effects on the overall timing of recovery. This reestablishment is …

During the last years there has been a growing need of developing innovative tools that can
help small to medium sized enterprises to predict business failure as well as financial crisis …

This paper deals with the historical and current trends in the development of civil
engineering and construction technologies. The authors demonstrate the continuity of …

The potential costs of road traffic accidents (RTAs) to society are immense. Yet, no study has
attempted to examine the impact of climate change on RTAs in Saudi Arabia, though RTA …

Climate change is very likely to cause a sharp increase in temperature, which in turn is likely
to affect atmospheric water storage, and thereby the magnitudes, frequencies and intensities …

Industry 4.0 leads to a strong digitalization of industrial processes, but also a significant
increase in communication and cooperation between the machines that make it up. This is …

The visualization system of large-scale crowd simulations should scale up with both the
number of visuals (views of the virtual world) and the number of agents displayed in each …

Weather is an important factor that affects traffic flow and road safety. Adverse weather
situations affect the driving conditions directly; hence, drivers must be informed about the …

Cloud computing offers an economical and feasible solution for scientific workflow
applications requiring large amounts of computational resources and expensive hardware …

Variable speed limits (VSLs) as a mean for enhancing road traffic safety are studied for
decades to modify the speed limit based on the prevailing road circumstances. In this study …