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Artificial intelligence support in design: A survey

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Integration of Process Knowledge into Design Support Systems

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The paper argues the point that thanks to a recent shift of emphasis from logic based to autonomous, rational and interactive models of intelligent behaviour, artificial intelligence can now support engineering design better than ever before. Logic, however, provides still the best means for representing design objects and knowledge about them. Design synthesis, especially if executed in a concurrent setting, can build upon agent technology Finally, the evolutionary approach to design is discussed.

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  1. Computer and Automation Research Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1518, Budapest, POB 63, Hungary

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Váncza, J. (1999). Artificial intelligence support in design: A survey. In: Kals, H., van Houten, F. (eds) Integration of Process Knowledge into Design Support Systems. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1901-8_3

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