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Conversational artificial intelligence in the AEC industry: A review of present status, challenges and opportunities (2023)
Journal Article
Saka, A. B., Oyedele, L. O., Akanbi, L. A., Ganiyu, S. A., Chan, D. W., & Bello, S. A. (2023). Conversational artificial intelligence in the AEC industry: A review of present status, challenges and opportunities. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 55, 101869. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aei.2022.101869

The idea of developing a system that can converse and understand human languages has been around since the 1200 s. With the advancement in artificial intelligence (AI), Conversational AI came of age in 2010 with the launch of Apple's Siri. Conversati... Read More about Conversational artificial intelligence in the AEC industry: A review of present status, challenges and opportunities.

Performance evaluation of deep learning and boosted trees for cryptocurrency closing price prediction (2022)
Journal Article
Oyedele, A. A., Ajayi, A., Oyedele, A., Bello, S., & Oyedele, L. (2023). Performance evaluation of deep learning and boosted trees for cryptocurrency closing price prediction. Expert Systems with Applications, 213(Part C), Article 119233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2022.119233

The emergence of cryptocurrencies has drawn significant investment capital in recent years with an exponential increase in market capitalization and trade volume. However, the cryptocurrency market is highly volatile and burdened with substantial het... Read More about Performance evaluation of deep learning and boosted trees for cryptocurrency closing price prediction.

A deep learning approach to concrete water-cement ratio prediction (2022)
Journal Article
Oyedele, L., Bello, S., Olaitan, O. K., Olonade, K. A., Olajumoke, A. M., Ajayi, A., …Bello, A. L. (2022). A deep learning approach to concrete water-cement ratio prediction. Results in Materials, 15(September 2022), Article 100300. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rinma.2022.100300

Concrete is a versatile construction material, but the water content can greatly influence its quality. However, using the trials and error method to determine the optimum water for the concrete mix results in poor quality concrete structures, which... Read More about A deep learning approach to concrete water-cement ratio prediction.

Cloud computing in construction industry: Use cases, benefits and challenges (2020)
Journal Article
Bello, S. A., Oyedele, L. O., Akinade, O. O., Bilal, M., Davila Delgado, J. M., Akanbi, L. A., …Owolabi, H. A. (2021). Cloud computing in construction industry: Use cases, benefits and challenges. Automation in Construction, 122, Article 103441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2020.103441

Cloud computing technologies have revolutionised several industries (such as aerospace, manufacturing, automobile, retail, etc.) for several years. Although the construction industry is well placed to also leverage these technologies for competitive... Read More about Cloud computing in construction industry: Use cases, benefits and challenges.

Salvaging building materials in a circular economy: A BIM-based whole-life performance estimator (2017)
Journal Article
Akanbi, L. A., Oyedele, L., Akinade, O., Ajayi, A. O., Davila Delgado, M., Bilal, M., & Bello, S. A. (2018). Salvaging building materials in a circular economy: A BIM-based whole-life performance estimator. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 129, 175-186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2017.10.026

© 2017 The Author(s) The aim of this study is to develop a BIM-based Whole-life Performance Estimator (BWPE) for appraising the salvage performance of structural components of buildings right from the design stage. A review of the extant literature w... Read More about Salvaging building materials in a circular economy: A BIM-based whole-life performance estimator.