Expert Systems in Computer-aided Design Proceedings of the IFIP WG 5.2 Working Conference on Expert Systems in Computer-Aided Design, Sydney (Jenolan Caves), Australia, 17-20 February 1987

Computer-Aided Design has progressed from being concerned initially with analysis and evaluation through graphic representation and geometric modelling, to a concern with the design tasks themselves. The role of Expert Systems in performing complex design tasks is examined in this book. Here, expert systems have been defined rather broadly: any system which embodies expert knowledge explicitly and utilises reasoning processes as its computational process. The topics covered include system architectures, representation tools, applications, and specific design concerns. The papers demonstrate the wide variety of knowledge engineering tools needed in computer-aided design.