| authors |
Balachandran, M. B. and Gero, John S. |
| year |
1986 |
| title |
Knowledge-based Design Optimization |
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IAAI'86 Conference. 1986. pp. i:4:1-14 |
| summary |
CADLINE has abstract only. Optimization is a well understood process in design domains. A designer formulates the design problem as a single criterion or multicriteria optimization problem and then selects an appropriate optimization algorithm to search for the optimal values for the design variables. The formulation and algorithm selection procedures have been considered to be activities which relied on substantive human knowledge. This paper describes a computer system, OPTIMA, which formulates design optimization problems from a pseudo-English description into canonical algebraic expressions. It then recognizes the formulation and selects appropriate algorithm(s) for their solutions. Finally, it runs the selected algorithm(s) and sends the results to the original descriptions. Areas of expert knowledge involved in carrying out the above tasks are identified. Such knowledge is explicitly encoded in the systems. The basic philosophy and key features of the system are described and are illustrated by examples |
| keywords |
algorithms, expert systems, knowledge base, design, optimization, structures, engineering |
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CADline |
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