CONTENTS
Part 1 Configuration Design
A system for supporting design configuration 3
K. J. MacCallum, B. Yu,A. Frederiksen, D. McGregor
Domain-independent design system: environment for rapid 21 development of configuration-design systems
J. T. Runkel, W. P. Birmingham, T. P. Darr, B. R. Maxim, I. D. Tommelein
Functional reasoning in configurational design 41
Chawla, R. Sangal
Automated configuration design of hydraulic systems 61
C.-L. Lee, G. Iyengar, S. Kola
Part 2 Constraint Processes in Design
Supporting multiple perspectives: a constraint-based approach to 85
concurrent engineering J. Bowen, D. Bahler
Constraint satisfaction as a planning process 97
Fromont, D. Sriram,
A large scale, multiple constraint network system for design for
testability for printed wiring boards 119
Kim, P. O'Grady, R. E. Young
Part 3 Cooperative Design
Modeling heterogeneous engineering knowledge as transactions
between delegating objects 141
J. Zucker, A. Demaid
Multiple agent cooperative design evaluation using negotiation 161
K. J. Werkman
Building modeling based on concepts of autonomy 181
J. Gauchel, S, Van Wyk, R. R. Bhat, L. Hovestadt
Part 4 Design Object Modeling
Representing design objects in SORAC: a data model with semantic objects, relationships and constraints 201
B. MacKellar, J. Peckham
SHOOD: a design object model 221
T. Nguyen, D. Rieu
Basic structure of a building model for representing and using knowledge of buildings in CAAD systems 241
H.Shimodaira
Part 5 Shape Design
Two-dimensional structural component shape improvement via classifier system 267
R. A. Richards, S. D. Sheppard
Grammars of features in design 287
K. N. Brown, J. H. Sims Williams, C. A. McMahon
An improved shape annealing algorithm for optimally directed shape generation 307
J. Cagan, G. Reddy
Part 6 Integrated Design Environments
The integrated design framework: supporting the design process using a blackboard system 327
N. R. Ball, F. Bauert
IIDE: an integrated intelligent design environment for automation in design process and management 349
J. Cha, W. Guo, Z. Shi
KASE: an integrated environment for software design 371
S. Bhansali, H. P. Nii
Part 7 Design Rationale
DRCS: an integrated system for capture of designs and their rationale 393
M. Klein
Toward a knowledge medium for collaborative product development 413
T. R. Gruber, J. M. Tenenbaum, J. C. Weber
Enduring support: on defeasible reasoning in design support systems 433
B. S. Logan, D. W. Corne, T. Smithers
Part 8 Case-Based Reasoning in Design—1
AskJef: integration of case-based reasoning and multimedia 457
technologies for interface design support
J. Barber, S. Bhatta, A. Goel, M. Jacobson, M. Pearce, L. Penberthy,
M. Shankar, R. Simpson, E. Stroulia
DEJAVU: a case-based reasoning designer's assistant shell 477 T. Bardasz, I. Zeid
A case-based design aid for architecture 497
E. A. Domeshek, J. L. Kolodner
Part 9 Case-Based Reasoning in Design—2
A model-based approach to blame-assignment in design 519
E. Stroulia, M. Shankar, A. Goel, L. Penberthy
A study on structural optimum design based on qualitative sensitivities 539
M. Arakawa, H. Yamakawa
Adaptation of spatial design cases 559
K. Hua, I. Smith, B. Fallings, S. Shih, G. Schmitt
Part 10 Design Analysis
An intelligent modelling assistant for preliminary analysis in design 579
D. P. Finn, J. B. Grimson, N. M. Harty
Design verification through function- and behavior-oriented 597 representations: bridging the gap between function and behavior Y. Iwasaki, B. Chandrasekaran
Issues in incremental analysis of assemblies for concurrent design 617
J.-C. Tsai, R. Konkar, M. R. Cutkosky
Part 11 Architectures for Design Knowledge
Structuring design knowledge on the basis of generic components 639
L. K. Alberts, P. M. Wognum, N. J. 1. Mars
PROBER—A design system based on design prototypes 657 K.W.Tham.J.S.Gero
Explicit representation of design process knowledge 677
J. Treur, P. J. Veerkamp
Part 12 Learning in Design
Machine learning techniques in optimal design 699
G. Cerbone
Incremental learning for improved decision support in knowledge based design systems K. Mihner, A. Harbecke 719
Application of a neural network to simulate analysis in an optimization Process 39
J. L. Rogers, W. J. LaMarsh
Part 13 Conceptual Design
A computational model for conceptual design based on function logic 757
R. H. Sturges
Using network-based prototypes to support creative design by mutation and analogy773
F. Zhao, M. L. Maher
A design support system using analogy 795
L. Qian, J. S. Gero
Part 14 Design Processes
Hierarchical generate-and-test vs constraint-directed search: 817 a comparison in the context of layout synthesis U. Flemming, C. A. Baykan, R. F. Coyne, M. S. Fox
Opportunistic and goal-oriented behaviour in software design: combining empirical and theoretical studies in cognitive modelling 839
S. P. Davies, F. Simplicio-Filho
On the relevance and treatment of categories in AI and design 861
S.Newton
Heuristic decision support problems: integrating heuristic search and expert systems for the design of continuous-manufacturing products 883
S. Z. Kamal, J. W. Garson, F. Mistree
2+3 model: fractal processes for knowledge-based engineering design 903
Q. Chen
Author index 925
Author electronic addresses 926