Zawidzki, Machi. <br/><br/>
Discrete optimization in architecture / 
Machi Zawidzki. 
 - pages cm. 
<br/><br/> This book presents three projects that demonstrate the fundamental problems of architectural design and urban composition - the layout design, evaluation and optimization. Part I describes the functional layout design of a residential building, and an evaluation of the quality of a town square (plaza). The algorithm for the functional layout design is based on backtracking using a constraint satisfaction approach combined with coarse grid discretization. The algorithm for the town square evaluation is based on geometrical properties derived directly from its plan. Part II introduces a crowd-simulation application for the analysis of escape routes on floor plans, and optimization of a floor plan for smooth crowd flow. The algorithms presented employ agent-based modeling and cellular automata. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789811011054 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2016943038 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>	 Architecture -- Designs and plans.<br/>Architecture -- Data processing.<br/>Mathematical optimization.