[comp.ai] Survey of AI in the manufac. design phase

king@rd1632.UUCP (11/17/87)

I am in need of information about one topic and a subtopic.

I am compiling a list of AI systems used in the design phase of:
   - products
   - materials
   - costs
   - scheduling
   - etc.
My focus is on the first two, but any and all are welcome.  I am
looking for AI systems in CAD and in Pre-CAD design.  Typical 
intelligent CAD systems I am interested in assist in:
   - Saving integrity between drawings - products with multiple
     drawings are structured to recognize a change in one drawing
     and pass it to other associated drawings (not too AI'ish).
   - Management systems in CAD for information, integrity, design
     experience representation, etc.
   - Encapsulation of designer experience into KB's
        - Uses of OOP, frames, etc.
        - Application of situational reasoning
        - Hardware implementations
        - etc.

The second topic deals with developing knowledge bases of designer
experience, techniques, design phase rules, etc.  I am interested in the
representational techniques, elicitation techniques, etc. that have been used
to encapsulate the design experience associated with:
        - A part
        - A specific domain
        - An entire system
        - A manufacturing line
        - Etc.

I would appreciate any information on these two areas and associated
topics of Design automation and AI.

Thank you in advance

James A. King     j.a.king@dayton.ncr.com