Artificial Intelligence in Design, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991 Coll. Artificial Intelligence in Industry

Computers have been employed for some time in engineering design mainly as numerical or graphical tools to assist analysis and draughting. The advent of the technology of artificial intelligence and expert systems has enabled computers to be applied to less deterministic design tasks which require symbolic manipulation and reasoning, instead of only routine number processing. This book presents recent examples of such applications, focusing on mechanical and manufacturing design. The term 'design' is interpreted here in its wider sense to include creative activities such as planning. The book covers a wide spectrum of design operations ranging from component and product design through to process, tooling and systems design. Its aim is to expose researchers, engineers and engineering designers to several developments in the emerging field of intelligent CAD and to alert them of the possibilites and opportunities in this exciting field.

Section A. Concepts and Techniques.- 1. Techniques for Intelligent Computer-Aided Design.- 2. Rule-Based Variational Geometry in Computer-Aided Design.- 3. Geometric Reasoning for Computer-Aided Design.- 4. Expert System for Engineering Design Based on Object-Oriented Knowledge Representation Concept.- Section B. Component and Product Design.- 5. Some Applications of Artificial Intelligence Techniques to Automatic Tolerance Analysis and Synthesis.- 6. Intelligent Analysis and Synthesis Tools for Assembly-Oriented Design.- 7. Intelligent Product Design and Manufacture.- 8. Specification and Management of the Knowledge Base for Design of Machine Tools and their Integration into Manufacturing Facilities.- Section C. Process Design.- 9. Design of Machining Processes with Dynamic Manipulation of Product Models.- 10. Theoretical Approach to Knowledge Acquisition and Knowledge Representation in CAPP Expert Systems.- 11. Knowledge-Based Computer-Aided Process Planning.- 12. Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Part Setup and Workholding in Automated Manufacturing.- Section D. Tooling Design.- 13. An Intelligent Knowledge-Based System for the Design of Forging Dies.- 14. Expert CAD Systems for Jigs and Fixtures.- 15. Knowledge-Based Design of Jigs and Fixtures.- Section E. Systems Design.- 16. An Expert System for Designing Hydraulic Schemes.- 17. Rule-Based Programming for Industrial Automation.- 18. Knowledge-Based Programs for Manufacturing System Design.- 19. Design of Intelligent Manufacturing Systems: Critical Decision Structures and Performance Metrics.