Artificial Intelligence in Design '91 is a collection of 47 papers from the First International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Design held at Edinburgh in June 1991.
The papers in this book are grouped into 13 headings, starting with a background of AI design systems and to which extent AI that results from being used as planning tool be applied to quality-oriented design processes in architecture. A constraint-driven approach to object-oriented design is also shown on real-world objects. The use of CADSYN in the structural design of buildings is examined, along with design-dependent knowledge and design-independent knowledge. Discussions on empowering designers with integrated design environments are given whereby design objects may be retrieved from catalogues without requiring users to form queries. Mention is given to automated adjustment of parameter values frequently used in computer routine applications.
The book also introduces the Computer Aided Design (CAD) as applied to architecture. Design representation using data models, non-monotonic reasoning in design, and the cognitive aspects of design using empirical studies are discussed. Topics of the industrial applications of AI in design, such as the needed steps to develop a successful AI-based tool, and a review of the Castlemain Project and telecommunication distribution networks follow.
This book is suitable for programmers, computer science students, and architects and engineers who use computers in their line of work.

Artificial Intelligence Paradigms and Design Representing the Engineering Design Process: Two Hypotheses Can Planning Be A Research Paradigm in Architectural Design? The Impact of Connectionist Systems on DesignConstraint-Based Reasoning in Design SPARK: An Artificial Intelligence Constraint Network System for Concurrent Engineering A Constraint-Driven Approach to Object-Oriented Design Representation Archobjects: Design Codes as Constraints in an Object-Oriented KBMSCase-Based Reasoning in Design CADSYN: Using Case and Decomposition Knowledge for Design Synthesis A Design-Dependent Approach to Integrated Structural Design Assembly Sequence Planning Using Case-Based Reasoning TechniquesInterface Environments in Design Empowering Designers with Integrated Design Environments Steering Automated Design An Intelligent Tutorial System for Computer Aided Architectural DesignLearning in Design-1 Designer's Workbench: A Tool to Assist in the Capture and Utilization of Design Knowledge Unsupervised Learning of Design Rules Aided By System Derived Heuristics A Knowledge Acquisition System for Conceptual Design Based on Functional and Rational Explanations of Designed ObjectsLearning in Design-2 Learning in Design: An EDRC (US) Perspective An Experimental Evaluation of Some Design Knowledge Compilation MechanismsDesign Representation A Data Model for Design Databases Representing Design Objects Protein Modeling: A Design Application of an Object-Oriented Database Task-Driven Descriptions of Mechanical Parts in A CAD SystemNonmonotonic Reasoning in Design Being Economical with the Truth: Assumption-Based Context Management in the Edinburgh Designer System Automated Belief Revision in Plausibility-Driven Design Processes Methods for Improving the Performance of Design Systems A Combined Generative and Patching Approach to Automate Design By AssemblyCognitive Aspects of Design The Cognitive Psychology Viewpoint on Design: Examples From Empirical Studies The Effects of Examples on the Results of a Design Activity Cognitive Modelling of Electronic DesignIndustrial Applications of AI in Design Keys to the Successful Development of An AI-Based Tool for Life-Cycle Design The Castlemaine Project: Development of An AI-Based Design Support System Automating the Design of Telecommunication Distribution Networks Knowledgeable Assistants in Design OptimizationConceptual Design Qualitative Models in Conceptual Design: A Case Study A Graph-Based Representation to Support Structural Design Innovation Evaluating the Patentability of Engineered Devices A Segment-Based Approach to Systematic Design SynthesisDesign Documentation Building a Model for Augmented Design Documentation Representing and Reasoning with Design Intent A Knowledge-Based Approach to the Automatic Verification of Designs from CAD DatabasesApplications of AI in Design A Preliminary Structural Design Expert System (SPRED-1) Based on Neural Networks Structuring an Expert System to Design Mineshaft Equipment Intelligent Real Time Design: Application to Prototype Selection A Study on Multicriteria Structural Optimum Design Using Qualitative ReasoningIntegrated Design-Systems and Tools A Software Architecture for Design Co-Ordination Knowledge-Based Engineering Assistance The ICADS Expert Design Advisor: Concepts and Directions A Knowledge-Level Analysis of Several Design ToolsAuthor Index Author Electronic Addresses