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By John C. Miles BSc, MSc, PhD (auth.), John C. Miles BSc, MSc, PhD, Carolynne J. Moore BSc, PhD (eds.)

Conceptual layout is among the few components of Engineering layout the place desktops have not begun to make an impression. With the improvement of data dependent platforms it truly is now attainable to rectify this case. This e-book offers with using wisdom dependent platforms (KBS) as instruments for conceptual layout. integrated are ignored facets resembling assessment and person wishes. Practical wisdom dependent platforms in Conceptual Design is predicated at the authors' event of constructing KBS to be used in civil engineering, a space of business program that is acknowledged as being one among nice strength. The technique has been attempted and proven by way of designers. Examples of platforms that have been constructed to resolve particular layout difficulties are included.

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As will be shown below, often the use of a computer-assisted design process can lead to accurate algorithmic processes being made available to designers in a way that imposes little or no time penalty. The Basis of Heuristics Where do heuristics originate from and what can be learnt from answering this question? The answer is complex in so far as heuristics come from many sources, but the use of heuristics is intrinsic to the way in which humans think about and react with their environment. This intrinsic nature is an important factor in human behaviour and hence in design.

It is therefore inevitable that it will occur in design. The probability is that this will lead to designs which do not represent optimal solutions to the given problem. Many of the subjects introduced in this chapter will be expanded upon in subsequent chapters. Chapter 3 Uncertainty Objectives This chapter aims to: • • • Review the relevance of uncertainty to the development of KBS. Assess the suitability of including uncertainty in design oriented KBS. Discuss the various ways of representing uncertainty within KBS.

For heuristics which are provided by others, it is necessary to identify which of the other four categories the heuristics fall into. The only way to achieve this is to contact an expert in the domain to which the heuristics belong. An Example A good example of the replacement of short-cut heuristics with an algorithmic procedure is the work of Hooper et al. (1992). This deals with the problem of designing a suitable disposal methodology for sewage sludge, an unsavoury but important topic! Sewage sludge is the resulting substance left after the sedimentation processes that occur in a typical sewage treatment works.

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