Knowledge Intensive Design Technology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. KIC Development Approaches

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Towards Agent-Based Product Modelling

      • John S. Gero, Udo Kannengiesser

      Pages 3-17

   3. On a Grammar-Based Design Language That Supports Automated Design Generation and Creativity

      • Rolf Alber, Stephan Rudolph

      Pages 19-35

   4. Preliminary Design Support for Mechanical Products Based on Functional Requirements and Modular Concepts Using Genetic Algorithms

      • Michiko Matsuda, Yuki Naoda, Fumihiko Kimura

      Pages 37-50

3. Knowledge Systemisation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51

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   2. Features in Knowledge Intensive CAD: Roles & Types

      • David C. Brown

      Pages 53-64

   3. A Methodology to Acquire and Formalise Process Knowledge for Technology Innovation: An Industrial Application

      • Caterina Rizzi, Davide Ruozi, Nicola Gherri

      Pages 65-80

   4. LCA Related Interactive Knowledge Visualisation for Product Design

      • Harald E. Otto, Karl G. Mueller, Fumihiko Kimura

      Pages 81-96

   5. Engineering Index

      • Ron M. Dolin, Jane M. Booker, Cheryll L. Faust, Michael S. Hamada, Brian J. Reardon

      Pages 97-112

4. Prototype KIC Systems

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113

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   2. Knowledge Intensive ‘Paper-Based’ Form Sketching

      • Philip J. Farrugia, Jonathan C. Borg, Kenneth P. Camilleri, Dawn Scicluna, Xiu T. Yan, Joseph Muscat

      Pages 115-130

   3. Design Knowledge Management Based on a Model of Synthesis

      • Yutaka Nomaguchi, Tetsuo Tomiyama

      Pages 131-149

   4. Use of Knowledge Intensive CAD (KIC) in Virtual Product Validation

      • Daniel C. Y. Yip, Henry M. C. Law, Karen K. P. Cheng, Francis K. H. Lau

      Pages 151-168

   5. Design Context Knowledge Based Proactive Support for Component Design

      • Xiu-Tian Yan, Fayyaz Rehman, Jonathan C. Borg

      Pages 169-184

   6. Erratum

      • Xiu-Tian Yan, Fayyaz Rehman, Jonathan C. Borg

      Pages E1-E1

5. Back Matter

   Pages 185-188

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Knowledge Intensive Design Technology is a collection of papers presented at the Fifth Workshop on Knowledge Intensive CAD, which was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Working Group 5.2 and hosted by the Department of Manufacturing Engineering at the University of Malta in July 2002.
The book chapters progressively take the reader through the following sequential sections;

-Part One - KIC Development Approaches,
-Part Two - Knowledge Systematization,
-Part Three - Prototype KIC Systems.

Knowledge Intensive Design Technology makes essential reading for practicing engineers/scientists involved in R&D as well as for relevant Masters and Ph.D. students. The book is also pertinent to those in industry concerned with capturing and structuring company-specific knowledge for proactive reuse to increase product development efficiency, and also to those involved in the development of CAD systems.

• Manufacturing
• genetic algorithms
• knowledge base
• knowledge management
• life cycle
• product design
• production
• visualization

• Department of Manufacturing Engineering, University of Malta, Malta

  Jonathan C. Borg, Philip J. Farrugia

• Department of Microelectronics, University of Malta, Malta

  Kenneth P. Camilleri

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