Methods and Systems for Modular Buildings
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1. A computer-readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon, wherein the program instructs a processor to perform the following steps:
- determining a priority ranking distribution for at least two parameters to be considered in an optimization, and specifying for each parameter a desired parameter value and an importance ranking;
providing a configuration facility for generating a proposed design for a modular building;
providing a simulation facility for analyzing the proposed design in respect of selected variables;
providing an optimization facility for optimizing the proposed design under the constraints of the priority ranking distribution; and
generating outputs.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a multifunctional building panel which may comprise a sensor to measure an interior condition and an exterior condition and generate a signal in response, along with systems and methods for designing, optimizing and constructing modular buildings, including buildings constructed at least in part of multifunctional building panels, by utilizing a priority distribution ranking as an optimization constraint.
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34 Claims
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1. A computer-readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon, wherein the program instructs a processor to perform the following steps:
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determining a priority ranking distribution for at least two parameters to be considered in an optimization, and specifying for each parameter a desired parameter value and an importance ranking; providing a configuration facility for generating a proposed design for a modular building; providing a simulation facility for analyzing the proposed design in respect of selected variables; providing an optimization facility for optimizing the proposed design under the constraints of the priority ranking distribution; and generating outputs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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18. A method, comprising:
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determining a priority ranking distribution for at least two parameters to be considered in an optimization, and specifying for each parameter a desired parameter value and an importance ranking; determining a proposed design of a modular building, wherein the proposed design satisfies certain requirements; analyzing the proposed design in respect of selected variables; optimizing the proposed design under the constraints of the priority ranking distribution; modifying the proposed design based on the outcome of the optimization to create a modified proposed design; validating the modified proposed design; generating outputs after successful validation of the modified proposed design; and constructing the modular building based on the output. - View Dependent Claims (19, 26, 27, 28, 30)
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29. (canceled)
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31. A computer-readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon, wherein the program instructs a processor to perform the following step:
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optimizing the design of a modular building in consideration of a priority ranking distribution of parameters associated with the modular building, wherein the priority ranking distribution ranks in terms of importance at least two of the parameters to be considered in the optimization and specifies for each parameter a desired parameter value. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34)
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