Abstracts 1995 - 1998:

AI and Design

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Abstracts 1995 - 1998: other topics

• Agent Technology

• Knowledge Engineering

• Logical Foundations

AI and Design: abstracts 1995-1998

• Brazier, F.M.T., Jonker, C.M., Treur, J., and Wijngaards, N.J.E., On the role of abilities of agents in redesign. In: B.R. Gaines, M.A. Musen (eds.), Proceedings of the 11th Banff Knowledge Acquisition for Knowledge-based Systems workshop, KAW'98, Calgary: SRDG Publications, Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, 1998, pp. 16.

  Abstract
  Abilities of agents and properties of their environment provide a means to describe behaviour and functionality. These abilities also provide a basis for re-design. In this paper an example is given of a prototype system for re- design of a multi-agent system in which the abilities and properties are made explicit.

• Brazier, F.M.T., Langen, P.H.G. van, and Treur, J., Strategic Knowledge in Compositional Design Models. In: J.S. Gero, F. Sudweeks (eds.), Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Design, AID '98, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. In press, 1998, pp. 18.

  Abstract
  In interactive design processes, strategic decisions are made at different levels. To support designers, design support systems need to include corresponding strategic knowledge at these levels. In this paper, three levels of strategic interaction and strategic knowledge are identified within a compositional model of design. These levels are identified in reasoning about the manipulation of requirements and their qualifications, reasoning about the manipulation of design object descriptions and reasoning about design process co-ordination.

• Brazier, F.M.T., Langen, P.H.G. van, Treur, J., A compositional approach to modelling design rationale. Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manifacturing, (AIEDAM ), vol. 11 (2), Special Issue on Representing and Using Design Rationale (P.W.H. Chung and R. Banares-Alcantara, eds.), 1997, pp. 125- 139.

  Abstract
  Design support systems need to be developed on the basis of an understanding of the human design process, in order to be useful during design. The explicit representation of design history and rationale are of particular importance for explanation and re-use. Within the DESIRE framework for compositional modelling, a generic task model of design has been developed which clearly specifies the role of design history and design rationale within the design process. The model provides a structure to distinguish different types of design rationale, according to the functional role they play in the design process. It has been used to structure the modelling process of an example aircraft design task, which illustrates the various instances of design rationale that can be generated.

• Brazier F.M.T., Langen P.H.G. van, Treur J., A logical theory of design. In: J.S. Gero (ed.), Advances in Formal Design Methods for CAD, Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Formal Methods in Design. Chapman & Hall, New York, 1996, pp. 243-266.

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• Brazier F.M.T., Langen P.H.G. van, Treur J., Wijngaards N.J.E., Redesign and reuse in compositional knowledge-based systems. Knowledge Based Systems, Vol.9, Special Issue on Models and Techniques for Reuse of Designs (P.M. Wognum & I.F.C. Smith, Eds.), 1996, pp. 105- 118.

  Abstract
  This paper introduces a task model for redesign of compositional knowledge- based systems based on a generic task model of design. A generic task model of design provides an abstract description of a design task and a generic structure which can be refined for design tasks in specific domains of application. A generic task model of design, shown to incorporate redesign, is presented and refined to a task model for redesign of compositional knowledge-based systems. The applicability of this task model will be illustrated for the redesign of a diagnostic knowledge-based system.

• Brazier F.M.T., Langen P.H.G. van, Treur J., Wijngaards N.J.E., Willems M., Modelling an elevator design task in DESIRE: the VT example. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, vol. 44, Special Issue on Sisyphus-VT, (A.Th. Schreiber & W.P. Birmingham, eds.), 1996, pp. 469- 520.

  Abstract
  An elevator configuration task, the VT task described for Sisyphus-2, is modelled within DESIRE as a design task. DESIRE is a framework within which complex reasoning tasks are modelled as compositional architectures. Compositional architectures are based on a task composition, acquired during task analysis. An earlier developed generic task model of design, based on a logical analysis and synthesis of task models devised for diverse applications, has been specialised and instantiated for the elevator configuration task. The resulting task model includes a description of (relevant parts of) the ontology of the elevator domain and a description of the problem solving method.

• Brazier F.M.T., Langen P.H.G. van, Treur J., Modelling conflict management in design: an explicit approach. AIEDAM, Special Issue on Conflict Management in Design (I.F.C. Smith, ed.)., Vol. 9, No. 4, 1995. pp. 353-366.

  Abstract
  This paper focusses on how conflicts can be managed in the generic task model for design introduced in [Brazier, Langen, Ruttkay and Treur, 1994]. Based on this generic task model a number of possible types of conflict are distinguished. Furthermore it is described how each of them can be detected during the design process by an explicit meta-representation of them and how they can be analysed and managed by means of strategic meta-knowledge to control the reasoning process.

• Brazier, F.M.T., and Treur, J., A Research Programme for AI and Design: a Design Task. In: Gero J.S., Sudweeks F. (eds.), Proceedings of the Fourth Workshop on Future Directions for Artificial Intelligence in Design, University of Sydney, Key Centre of Design Computing, Sydney, Australi‘, 1995, pp. 9-16.

  Abstract
  If AI and Design is to become a solid discipline, the research programme will need to address design from each of the following perspectives, coordinating and integrating research results during the design process. A. Empirical perspective Close analysis of design processes as required and performed by designers in cooperation with design support systems. B. Foundational perspective Development of logical theories covering both the static aspects and dynamic aspects of design processes. C. Developmental perspective The perspective of the developer of design systems and the support provided to him or her; for example: modelling/specification languages, (task) models for design, and implementation environments.