TY - GEN
T1 - The relationship between requirements subjectivity and semantics for healthcare design support systems
AU - Soliman-Junior, Joao
AU - Pedo, Barbara
AU - Tzortzopoulos, Patricia
AU - Kagioglou, Mike
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - ![CDATA[Subjectivity exists in requirements described in the healthcare regulatory framework. This is mainly due to the nature of regulatory requirements and the uniqueness of the design process. Past research identified that subjectivity in regulations is a key issue for automated code and rule checking. The aim of this paper is to discuss how requirements subjectivity could be addressed within building models through semantic enrichment, within the context of automated rule and code compliance checking. The paper presents preliminary findings of a research that follows the Design Science Research approach, framed within the UK healthcare design context. Findings suggest that part of the requirements subjectivity exists due to the implicit relationships between the elements of the healthcare built environment, which also include healthcare services. In order to enable automation, implicit relationships from the regulatory framework should be represented in building models – which could potentially be done through semantic enrichment. The paper discusses some complementarity between relationships identified in regulatory requirements and semantic enrichment operators. Moreover, findings indicate that incorporating semantic relationships in building models can be a promising way to deal with requirements subjectivity, rather than eliminating subjective expressions from regulations.]]
AB - ![CDATA[Subjectivity exists in requirements described in the healthcare regulatory framework. This is mainly due to the nature of regulatory requirements and the uniqueness of the design process. Past research identified that subjectivity in regulations is a key issue for automated code and rule checking. The aim of this paper is to discuss how requirements subjectivity could be addressed within building models through semantic enrichment, within the context of automated rule and code compliance checking. The paper presents preliminary findings of a research that follows the Design Science Research approach, framed within the UK healthcare design context. Findings suggest that part of the requirements subjectivity exists due to the implicit relationships between the elements of the healthcare built environment, which also include healthcare services. In order to enable automation, implicit relationships from the regulatory framework should be represented in building models – which could potentially be done through semantic enrichment. The paper discusses some complementarity between relationships identified in regulatory requirements and semantic enrichment operators. Moreover, findings indicate that incorporating semantic relationships in building models can be a promising way to deal with requirements subjectivity, rather than eliminating subjective expressions from regulations.]]
KW - medical care
KW - regulations
KW - semantics
KW - subjectivity
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/1959.7/uws:56827
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-51295-8_55
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-51295-8_55
M3 - Conference Paper
SN - 9783030512941
SP - 801
EP - 809
BT - Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering (ICCCBE 2020), 18 - 20 August, 2020, São Paulo, Brazil
PB - Springer
T2 - International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering
Y2 - 18 August 2020
ER -