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F. Tahmasebi, A. Mahdavi:
"Necessary conditions for the accountable inclusion of dynamic representations of inhabitants in building information models";
Talk: ECPPM 2016 eWork and eBusiness in Architecture, Engineering and Construction, Limassol, Cyprus; 2016-09-07 - 2016-09-09; in: "Proceedings of the 11th European Conference on Product and Process Modelling", S.E. Christodoulou, R.J. Scherer (ed.); Balkema, (2016), ISBN: 9781138032804; 409 - 416.

To cater for the informational requirements of building assessment applications, building
information models need to include representations of inhabitants. Thereby, the representation of people as
passive and static entities is unlikely to yield reliable building performance assessment and building
operation planning. Rather, adequate representations of building inhabitants should account for userinitiated
actions (e.g., interactions with buildings indoor environmental control devices and systems). To
address these requirements, many recent model development efforts have explored the potential of
sophisticated mathematical formalisms. However, the resulting occupancy-related behavioural models have
rarely gone through a rigorous evaluation process. The present contribution is indeed motivated primarily by
the lack of general procedures and guidelines for the evaluation of proposed user-related behavioural
models. Specifically, we formulate a number of conditions that are necessary for systematic and dependable
enrichment of building information models with representations of buildings' inhabitants. Toward this end,
we discuss both general model evaluation requirements as well as specific circumstances pertaining to
models of building inhabitants. Moreover, we present, as a case in point, a model evaluation study involving
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a number of recently proposed window operation models. Thereby, our main objective is to promote a
rigorous process toward quality assurance while considering and integrating behavioural representations in
building information models that are meant to meet sound scientific requirements as well as professional
accountability criteria.

[no german abstract available] To cater for the informational requirements of building assessment applications, building
information models need to include representations of inhabitants. Thereby, the representation of people as
passive and static entities is unlikely to yield reliable building performance assessment and building
operation planning. Rather, adequate representations of building inhabitants should account for userinitiated
actions (e.g., interactions with buildings indoor environmental control devices and systems). To
address these requirements, many recent model development efforts have explored the potential of
sophisticated mathematical formalisms. However, the resulting occupancy-related behavioural models have
rarely gone through a rigorous evaluation process. The present contribution is indeed motivated primarily by
the lack of general procedures and guidelines for the evaluation of proposed user-related behavioural
models. Specifically, we formulate a number of conditions that are necessary for systematic and dependable
enrichment of building information models with representations of buildings' inhabitants. Toward this end,
we discuss both general model evaluation requirements as well as specific circumstances pertaining to
models of building inhabitants. Moreover, we present, as a case in point, a model evaluation study involving
66
a number of recently proposed window operation models. Thereby, our main objective is to promote a
rigorous process toward quality assurance while considering and integrating behavioural representations in
building information models that are meant to meet sound scientific requirements as well as professional
accountability criteria.

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