Abstract
Over the past decade "design assistance", that is, where the
computer is viewed as an Intelligent Design Assistant (IDA), has
emerged in knowledge based design support and has formed the basic
research strategy for the CAD Cantre, University of Strathclyde,
since the mid-1980s. Within this philosophy, an IDA would act as a
colleague to a designer, providing guidance, learning from past
experiences, carrying out semi- and fully-automated tasks,
explaining its reasoning and in essence complementing the
designer's own natural skills, and thus leaving the ultimate
decision-making, control, and responsibility with the designer.The
ability to learn and evolve has been recognized as one of the key
components of an IDA for it to fully support the designer's
activities. Consequently, we have been directing our research
effort on two main fronts, formalizing our understanding and
developing models of learning and reuse in design, and building
appropriate models of learing and reuse in design, and building
appropriate software tools to step toward the concept of IDA.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 2 |
Pages (from-to) | 139-142 |
ISSN | 0890-0604 |
Publication status | Published - 1996 |