Given the complexities, dimensions, number of the effective variables and the effect of information warfare, architecting this field aimed at reducing the complexities and enhancing the capability of applying this notion, can be very effective to this end.One of the main areas of implementing organizational architecture projects is preliminary planning, selecting framework and methodology and developing project implementation plan. To this end, and thereby, first a review of literature is conducted then a respective operational model of information warfare is suggested.Information warfare architectural plan accommodates empowerment in information warfare suggested framework and methodology, and procedures are followed then.Last, a macro plan for the implementation is suggested along with its respective model whose dimensions are elaborated. The last part is followed by an evaluation of the plan and the conclusion.

Today, noise pollution is a major problem in the environment through percussion sounds, and airborne and background noise in buildings, resulting in lack of sound comfort and proper distribution of sound in architectural spaces. According to the use of spaces, the degree of importance of this issue is different. In open-plan offices, the presence of unpleasant noise creates problems for users. For this reason, speech privacy and speech clarity are of great importance and attention in these spaces. The purpose of this study was to reduce harmful reflections and proper distribution of sound in open-plan offices. In this research, the acoustic indicators of materials and the physical form of an open-plan office space were investigated. The research was based on the correlation method and investigation of architectural independent variables and acoustic dependent variables. The selected sample was calculated by AHP method and simulated in Edeon software in several administrative office stations. Two different types of geometry (high-corner roof and low-corner roof) with two different materials (polished materials and textured materials) were investigated. Reading time (RT) and speech transmission index (STI) were drawn and calculated in Edeon software to create speech privacy. The results showed that the closest figures to the international standards were obtained by using forms with a higher number of levels and composite materials such as (plaster and mineral fibres) which caused higher sound absorption and speech clarity and an optimal increase in conversation privacy.

Attention to main goals of climate design in each meteorological region and anticipation some items to better achieving these goals causes to remaining, stability and coordination of buildings with climate conditions and saving energy consume and reaching to identity of architecture in every climate.This research reports extent of conformity of architecture plan of Isfahan city with indexes of architecture in this city. First of all, climate elements including radiation, temperature, wind, humidity,… were taken into consideration and relevant diagrams to extent of temperature and raining of the city determined and finally with depicting climagram of the city according to determined climate indexes, we defined type region climate. Then with use of “Mahouni” tables and diagram of Isfahan comfort zone with regard to climate diagrams, conditional architecture indexes with climate of Isfahan such as suitable direction of building in relation with climate (like sun radiation, wind direction), windows dimensions, study of rest places and determination of depth and suitable size were decided. In next stage with use of achieved data by construction details and site of schools plan, we want to consider extent of coordination of new constructed schools of Isfahan with achieved standards.According to finding, schools under study have conformity with method of allocation with regarding to climate standards of the city and major windows in north-south side and for ventilation in most schools were suitable. Majority of schools in relation with rest side with suitable depth and angle have no necessary conformity with Isfahan climate conditions and extent of application green coverage in adjustment of local conditions and courtyard have no conformity with climate conditions in Isfahan.

Architectural plan-checking reports which are produced and archived day by day in the broad range of local offices of the Iran Construction Engineering Organization (IRCEO) throughout the country, can provide a reliable picture of the general condition of architectural design services in each office’ s territory and the whole country in general. However, there have been no proper attention given to these reports as a resource to extract indicators relating to the quality of building design services provided by the relevant architectural firms. The current research is an attempt to fill this gap through which a method is suggested to analyze and interpret the planchecking reports. To this purpose, as a case study, the method is applied to the plan-checking reports produced in the Rasht office of the IRCEO during March 2017 to December 2017. Meanwhile, 1821 files have undergone the plan checking process among which 954 ones (52%) were rejected by the architectural control officials in their first checking of the documents. Among these rejected files as the total population 419 ones were selected as the sample according to the Cochran formula. In order to achieve an analysis of the content of the reports, the control officials’ rejection comments on each project were categorized into four main categories including comments related to in-complete application file, improper drafting properties, inner incompatibility of the project plans, and non-conformance to technical requirements which were subdivided into sub-categories in turn.

In this paper the design and implementation of fault tolerable architecture for scientific workflow engines is presented. The engines are assumed to be implemented as composite web services. Current architectures for workflow engines do not make any considerations for substituting faulty web services with correct ones at run time. The difficulty is to rollback the execution state of the workflow engine to its state before the invocation of the faulty web service. To achieve this, three components for fault diagnosis, recording the execution state of the workflow and substitution of faulty web services, at run time, are considered in our proposed architecture. The applicability of the proposed architecture is practically evaluated by applying it to design of three different scientific workflow engines.

Problem statement: The Rashidiyya township in the northeast of Tabriz was constructed by the order of Khawaja Rashid al-Din Fazlollah Hamadani (7th-8th AH /13th-14th CE). This township included two main sections: the central core and the Rashidi district. Unfortunately, this architectural complex suffered significant damage and destruction due to devastating earthquakes and governmental wars in Tabriz over various periods. Therefore, the existing documents for understanding the architectural structure and location of this complex are primarily limited to the Rab’e Rashidi endowment deed and archaeological findings. This research aims to study the spatial and locational aspects of the Rowza as a key element in the structure of Rab’e Rashidi, which had religious and educational functions.Research objectives: The primary objective of this research is to understand the spaces of the Rowza, provide a proposed plan based on the description of the endowment deed, and compare the proposed plan of the Rowza with similar examples remaining from the 7th to 8 th century AH/ from13th to 14th century CE. Another goal is to determine the probable location of the Rowza on the historical site of Rab’e Rashidi.Research method: This article is a fundamental research study that initially delineates the architectural structure of the Rowza plan by relying on the Rab’e Rashidi endowment deed, logical deduction, content analysis, and comparison with similar examples remaining from the 8th-7th century AH / 14th-13th century CE. Subsequently, the probable location of the Rowza is determined based on archaeological data on the Rab’e Rashidi cultural heritage site.Conclusion: Analyses based on the descriptions provided in the Rab’e Rashidi endowment deed indicate that the spatial structure of the Rowza likely comprised a central courtyard with a four-iwan pattern, incorporating a combination of an iwan and a mausoleum (with the mausoleum situated behind the main iwan and aligned along the north-south axis). Furthermore, through comparison with remaining examples from the 7th to 8th century AH / from 13th to 14th century CE, it became evident that this proposed plan aligns with architectural designs found in other structures such as the Sultan Hassan Complex in Cairo (1356-1363 CE), the Çifte Minareli Madrasa (13th century CE), and the Yakutiye Madrasa (early 14th century CE) in Erzurum, supporting the validity of the proposed plan for the Rowza. Additionally, archaeological investigations within the Rab’e Rashidi compound reveal a wall-like structure on the southeastern perimeter, believed by researchers to be part of an architectural complex. Moreover, given the construction date, rectangular geometry, and Qibla orientation of this structure, it likely corresponds to the location of the Rowza within the Rab’e Rashidi site.

Extended AbstractBackground and Objectives: The hot and humid region of Iran experiences extremely hot summers with high humidity, making it one of the most challenging climates globally. Analyzing the features of vernacular houses in these areas can offer valuable insights for modern housing design. One of the key challenges researchers encounter in architectural typology studies is selecting appropriate case studies. Bandar Kong, a coastal city along the Persian Gulf, features traditional houses with four main components: windcatchers, Sabat (shaded walkways), main rooms (living areas), and yards, along with non-living spaces. Understanding the organization of these elements can help develop a typology of vernacular houses in Bandar Kong.Methods: One of the key applications of machine learning methods recently employed in architectural research is the measurement of similarity in architectural images. Categorizing and describing architectural features within each category is essential for identifying architectural types. Previous studies have utilized cosine similarity for measuring the similarity of architectural plans. Cosine similarity measurement criterion is particularly effective for evaluating sparse vectors and is commonly used in positive spaces with a range of [0,1]. Due to the diverse nature of architectural data, this method has proven effective for evaluating plan image similarities. The aim of this research is to apply machine learning techniques to select case studies and cluster the houses of Bandar Kong based on the shape and arrangement of windcatchers, sabat, courtyards, and living spaces. For this, Anaconda version 3.9 and Jupiter 6.4.5 were utilized. The cosine distance algorithm was employed to measure similarity in terms of shape and spatial relationships. The hierarchical algorithm, using the average linkage method, was used to extract and categorize the features of each plan.Findings: According to the analysis, the architectural plans of Bandar Kong houses can be divided in 3 different clusters. Scatter diagrams of each cluster can shows characteristics of each cluster. According to the scatter diagram, the length, width, and height consistently fall within the ranges of 2.5-3.5 meters for length and width, and 9-9.5 meters for height. By analyzing the scatter diagram of the characteristics of each cluster, the following results have been extracted. In the first cluster, the windcatcher is located in the east, and the sabbat or courtyard is located on the west side of it. The main rooms are mostly located on the north side and the service spaces are located on the east and west sides. In the second cluster, the windcatcher is centrally placed on the west side of the house. Here, the plan layout tends to extend along a north-south axis, with living rooms positioned on both the west and east sides. In the third cluster, the windcatcher is located on the west side of the plan. In this category, the extension of the plans is mostly east-west. The northern side of the windcatcher typically features the Gatieh room, and in most plans in this group, the wind room connects to either the northern room or the Gatieh. According to the similarity measurement, the plans of Younesi, Golbat and Karchi houses have the highest shape similarity and spatial relationships with other plans.Conclusion: Nowadays, with the growing volume of data and the complexity of data analysis, software solutions are increasingly used across various fields, including architecture, to minimize errors. One major challenge in architectural research is the classification and selection of case studies for analyzing architectural types. In this study, after evaluating the shape similarity and spatial relationships of architectural plans, the Younesi, Karchi, and Golbat houses were selected as case studies due to their highest similarity in both shape and spatial relations compared to other plans. Using a hierarchical classification method with average linkage, the plans were grouped into three main categories. The defining characteristics of each category were extracted from the charts and compared with the corresponding case study from each group. As a result, the Karchi house represents the first category, the Golbat house represents the second, and the Younesi house represents the third, with their respective features aligning closely with the extracted characteristics of each category.

Background and Objective: Today, contractors are required to submit an HSE Plan before starting a project, and HSE officials in organizations must be able to develop an HSE Plan. Due to the lack of a specific format for the development of the HSE Plan, to avoid personal preferences, save time and money, and include the necessary parts, the present study aimed to provide a consistent model for users to develop a specific HSE-Plan using suitable software. Materials and Methods: First, the main framework of HSE-Plan was determined by searching various databases and including expert opinions. In the next step, the idea generation and design of the portal were done. Afterward, the required basic information was entered into the program and different parts of the program were designed according to the requirements of each section. Finally, the software was validated by testing it in a provincial power distribution company. Results: According to the input options, as well as the subject of the project and its specific requirements, the outputs were designed to suit different projects, and after entering the required information for each section, the output HSE-Plan was displayed. Conclusion: This software helps the user to define appropriate goals and policies for the organization and identify the relevant requirements by entering information such as risk assessment data and the results of occupational accidents, and finally the collection of these materials creates the plan required by users.