Development of Knowledge-Based Systems for Engineering

✍ Scribed by Carlo Tasso, Edoardo R. de Arantes e Oliveira (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Wien
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 241
• Series: International Centre for Mechanical Sciences 333
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The goal of the volume is twofold: to help engineers to understand the design and development process and the specific techniques utilized for constructing expert systems in engineering and, secondly, to introduce computer specialists to significant applications of knowledge-based techniques in engineering. Among the authors are world famous experts of engineering and knowledge-based systems development.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages ii-vii
The Sense of Progress in Structural Engineering....Pages 1-10
An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and to the Development of Knowledge-Based Systems....Pages 11-26
Effective Knowledge Elicitation....Pages 27-36
Modelling Mechanical Behaviour without Mechanics....Pages 37-58
Knowledge-Based Systems for Finite Element Modeling and Interpretation....Pages 59-73
Integrated Building Design....Pages 75-95
Computer Aided Collaborative Product Development....Pages 97-159
Machine Learning in Engineering Design: Learning Generalized Design Prototypes from Examples....Pages 161-181
Virtual Environments for CAD Systems....Pages 183-200
Model Transmutations for Conceptual Design of Technical Systems....Pages 201-218
Handling Regulatory Information Using Information Technology....Pages 219-238

✦ Subjects

Complexity; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)