Simon M Hsiang

Works (23)

Updated: October 25th, 2023 05:01

2023 journal article

Motivating Reliable Collaboration for Modular Construction: Shapley Value-Based Smart Contract

JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT IN ENGINEERING, 39(6).

By: G. Chen n , M. Liu*, H. Li *, S. Hsiang* & A. Jarvamard

author keywords: Collaboration; Shapley value; Smart contract; Blockchain; Simulation
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Added: October 23, 2023

2022 journal article

Exploit Social Distancing in Construction Scheduling: Visualize and Optimize Space-Time-Workforce Tradeoff

JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT IN ENGINEERING, 38(4).

By: C. He n , M. Liu *, Y. Zhang *, Z. Wang *, S. Hsiang*, G. Chen n , J. Chen *

Contributors: C. He n , M. Liu *, Y. Zhang *, Z. Wang *, S. Hsiang*, G. Chen n , J. Chen *

author keywords: Project scheduling; Resource tradeoff; Decision support; Choquet integral
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Added: May 31, 2022

2022 journal article

Space-Time-Workforce Visualization and Conditional Capacity Synthesis in Uncertainty

JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT IN ENGINEERING, 39(2).

By: C. He n , M. Liu*, Y. Zhang *, Z. Wang *, S. Hsiang*, G. Chen n , W. Li *, G. Dai

Contributors: C. He n , M. Liu*, Y. Zhang *, Z. Wang *, S. Hsiang*, G. Chen n , W. Li *, G. Dai

author keywords: Project scheduling; Arena simulation; Resource visualization; Risk control; Conditional value at risk (CVaR)
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Added: February 6, 2023

2020 journal article

Comparative Study on Perception of Causes for Construction Task Delay in China and the United States

JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT, 147(3).

By: Y. Liu, A. Jarvamardi n, Y. Zhang, M. Liu n, S. Hsiang*, S. Yang, X. Yu, Z. Jiang *

author keywords: Delay; Factor analysis; Tasks; Construction
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Added: June 21, 2021

2020 journal article

How Does Experience with Delay Shape Managers' Making-Do Decision: Random Forest Approach

JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT IN ENGINEERING, 36(4).

By: Y. Zhang, A. Javanmardi n, Y. Liu, S. Yang, X. Yu, S. Hsiang*, Z. Jiang *, M. Liu n

author keywords: Making-do; Random forest; Decision tree; Information theory; China; United States; Construction
TL;DR: This work presents a meta-analyses of the decision to start a construction task despite knowing that its preconditions are not fully ready and shows clear patterns in how decisions about making-do are made. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: June 15, 2020

2020 journal article

Improving Effectiveness of Constraints Removal in Construction Planning Meetings: Information-Theoretic Approach

JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT, 146(4).

By: A. Javanmardi n, S. Abbasian-Hosseini n, M. Liu n & S. Hsiang*

TL;DR: This paper presents a meta-modelling framework that automates the very labor-intensive and therefore time-heavy and therefore expensive process of manually identifying and removing constraints from a construction project. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: March 16, 2020

2017 journal article

Social network analysis for construction crews

International Journal of Construction Management, 19(2), 113–127.

By: S. Abbsaian-Hosseini n, M. Liu n & S. Hsiang*

author keywords: Social network analysis; construction crews; centrality; variations; interdependency; work plan; construction management; productivity
TL;DR: This research proposes an analytical approach by combining SNA and work plan variation analysis to quantify the influence construction crews receive from jobsite social network, and explores the impact of jobsites social network on the crews’ performance particularly on their work plan variations through a case study. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: February 11, 2019

2011 journal article

Causes of Variation in Construction Project Task Starting Times and Duration

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 137(9), 663–677.

By: B. Wambeke n, S. Hsiang n & M. Liu n

author keywords: Labor productivity; Construction; Variation; Factor analysis
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Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

Modeling trade-off between time-optimal and minimum energy in saccade main sequence

BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS, 104(1-2), 65–73.

By: X. Wang  n & S. Hsiang n

author keywords: Optimal control; Saccade eye movement; Ocular dynamic modeling
MeSH headings : Biomechanical Phenomena; Computer Simulation; Cybernetics; Humans; Models, Biological; Motor Neurons / physiology; Oculomotor Muscles / innervation; Oculomotor Muscles / physiology; Saccades / physiology; Stochastic Processes
TL;DR: This work proposes a principle combining time-optimal and minimum control energy criteria to account for the saccade main sequence as observed from empirical data and demonstrates the connection between the model and the stochastic minimum variance models from the aspect of optimization. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

Watching What You Say: Walking and Conversing in Dementia Preliminary Studies

TOPICS IN GERIATRIC REHABILITATION, 27(4), 268–277.

By: B. Davis, M. Maclagan, T. Karakostas, S. Hsiang* & D. Shenk

author keywords: communication; dementia; dual task; gait; talking en route; question types
TL;DR: 3 pilot studies of cognitively impaired (CI) persons responding to different types of questions, including a dual task, walking while answering an unexpected question and a subset of 6 time-distance parameters distinguished gait of the 2 participant groups. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: August 6, 2018

2010 journal article

Prediction accuracy in estimating joint angle trajectories using a video posture coding method for sagittal lifting tasks

ERGONOMICS, 53(8), 1039–1047.

By: C. Chang *, R. McGorry*, J. Lin *, X. Xu*  & S. Hsiang n

author keywords: lifting simulation; manual materials handling; posture matching; video coding
MeSH headings : Adult; Biomechanical Phenomena; Humans; Joints / anatomy & histology; Lifting; Male; Posture / physiology; Reproducibility of Results; Video Recording; Young Adult
TL;DR: The ability to accurately predict lifting patterns through video coding can provide ergonomists with greater resolution in characterising or assessing the lifting tasks than evaluation based solely on sampling with a single lifting posture event. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: August 6, 2018

2009 journal article

Correlation of reactant particle size on residual stresses of nanostructured NiAl generated by self-propagating high-temperature synthesis

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH, 24(6), 2079–2088.

By: I. Rivero *, M. Pantoya *, K. Rajamani & S. Hsiang n

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Added: August 6, 2018

2009 journal article

Gait characteristics of children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy before and after modified constraint-induced movement therapy

DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION, 32(5), 402–408.

By: P. Coker*, T. Karakostas*, C. Dodds* & S. Hsiang n

author keywords: Cerebral palsy; hemiplegia; constraint therapy; gait
MeSH headings : Cerebral Palsy / therapy; Child; Child, Preschool; Exercise Therapy / methods; Female; Gait Disorders, Neurologic / therapy; Hemiplegia / therapy; Humans; Male; Recovery of Function; Walking
TL;DR: The results of this study suggest that mCIMT can increase stability and improve the overall gait pattern and could begin to shift the focus of this intervention to remediation of lower extremity deficits. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: August 6, 2018

2009 conference paper

Human-machine co-construct intelligence on horizon year load in long term spatial load forecasting

2009 ieee power & energy society general meeting, vols 1-8, 1030–1035.

By: T. Hong  n, S. Hsiang n & L. Xu *

TL;DR: The proposed methodology has been implemented and applied to several US utility companies to calculate the HYL of the small areas in the service territory and has been used to drive the long-term electric load growth forecasting and to get satisfying forecast. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2009 conference paper

Risk assessment for emergency management

International Symposium on Emergency Management 2009 (ISEM'09), 587–591.

By: S. Hsiang

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2008 journal article

An Optimal-Control Model of Vision-Gait Interaction in a Virtual Walkway

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SYSTEMS MAN AND CYBERNETICS PART B-CYBERNETICS, 39(1), 156–166.

By: H. Dong, S. Hsiang n & J. Smith *

author keywords: Gait; optimal control; postural control; simulated partial gravity; visual tracking
MeSH headings : Algorithms; Analysis of Variance; Astronauts; Computer Simulation; Female; Gait / physiology; Gravitation; Gravity Sensing / physiology; Head Movements / physiology; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / methods; Male; Models, Biological; Posture / physiology; Psychomotor Performance / physiology; Video Recording; Visual Perception / physiology
TL;DR: The results show that the proposed optimal-control model describes the gait tracking process more reliably than McRuer's crossover model of the human-plant compensatory behaviors. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: August 6, 2018

2008 journal article

Coordination indices between lifting kinematics and kinetics

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ERGONOMICS, 38(11-12), 1062–1066.

By: X. Xu n , S. Hsiang n & G. Mirka *

author keywords: Trunk flexion; External moments; Coordination; Obesity
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Added: August 6, 2018

2008 journal article

Multi-objective optimisation of gas carburising process in batch furnaces with endothermic carburising atmosphere

SURFACE ENGINEERING, 25(1), 43–49.

By: O. Karabelchtchikova*, S. Hsiang n & R. Sisson*

author keywords: Optimisation; Gas carburising; Model; Cost; Energy consumption; Efficiency
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Added: August 6, 2018

2008 journal article

Perceived Clutter in Advanced Cockpit Displays: Measurement and Modeling with Experienced Pilots

AVIATION SPACE AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE, 79(11), 1007–1018.

By: D. Kaber n, A. Alexander*, E. Stelzer*, S. Kim*, K. Kaufmann* & S. Hsiang*

author keywords: display clutter; psychophysical modeling; head-up displays; intelligent flight deck technologies
MeSH headings : Adult; Aerospace Medicine; Aviation; Cohort Studies; Computer Graphics; Computer Simulation; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Models, Biological; User-Computer Interface; Visual Perception
TL;DR: Head-up display features, including SVS, EVS, traffic collision avoidance system symbology, flight pathway guidance, and different primary flight display symbol sets are evaluated on pilot perceptions of clutter to identify terminology pilots use to describe clutter and latent display variables that drive perceived clutter. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2008 journal article

The effects of a suspended-load backpack on gait

GAIT & POSTURE, 29(1), 151–153.

By: X. Xu n , S. Hsiang n & G. Mirka*

author keywords: Suspended-load backpack; Ground reaction force
MeSH headings : Adult; Analysis of Variance; Back / physiology; Gait / physiology; Humans; Male; Posture / physiology; Shoulder / physiology; Walking / physiology; Weight-Bearing / physiology
TL;DR: The results showed that the response of the temporal variables were consistent with previous studies of conventional backpacks, and suggested that the motion of the load in a suspended-load backpack influences the gait biomechanics and should be considered as this technology advances. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: August 6, 2018

2007 journal article

Dynamic loading performance of fasciocutaneous flaps and implications for gait

CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS, 22(4), 478–485.

By: T. Karakostas*, S. Hsiang n, C. Sarantopoulos & J. Krause *

author keywords: walking; ground reaction force; pressure; kinematic; kinetic; time-distance; force
MeSH headings : Adolescent; Adult; Biomechanical Phenomena; Dermatologic Surgical Procedures; Fasciotomy; Female; Foot / surgery; Gait / physiology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged
TL;DR: The dynamic loading capabilities of the fasciocutaneous flaps make it an effective means for restoring functional gait and should be included in the surgeons' armentarium as a plausible reconstructive means for soft-tissue defects on the plantar surface of the foot. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: August 6, 2018

2007 journal article

Modeling of residual stress distribution in D2 steel via grinding dynamics using a second-order damping system

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY, 198(1-3), 313–322.

By: O. Karabelchtchikova*, I. Riuero & S. Hsiang n

author keywords: residual stress; modeling; multipass grinding; superposition
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Added: August 6, 2018

2007 journal article

The effects of obesity on lifting performance

APPLIED ERGONOMICS, 39(1), 93–98.

By: X. Xu n , G. Mirka n & S. Hsiang n

author keywords: lifting; low back pain
MeSH headings : Biomechanical Phenomena; Body Mass Index; Humans; Lifting; Low Back Pain / etiology; Lumbosacral Region / physiology; Male; North Carolina; Obesity; Occupational Health; Task Performance and Analysis; Weight-Bearing
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Added: August 6, 2018

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