Dominic: A Domain-Independent Program for Mechanical Engineering Design

Adele E. Howe; Paul R. Cohen; John R. Dixon; Melvin K. Simmons

doi:10.1016/0954-1810(86)90031-2

Dominic: A Domain-Independent Program for Mechanical Engineering Design

Adele E. Howe, Paul R. Cohen, John R. Dixon, Melvin K. Simmons

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Abstract

We describe an Artificial Intelligence (AI) program for mechanical engineering design. The program, called Dominic, characterizes design as best-first search through a space of possible designs. Dominic is a general architecture for a class of mechanical engineering design problems; within its redesign framework, in which a design is iteratively modified and improved, one can design a variety of mechanical devices. Dominic's performance on two design problems is evaluated, and a battery of experiments with Dominic is discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	23-28
Number of pages	6
Journal	Artificial Intelligence in Engineering
Volume	1
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0954-1810(86)90031-2
State	Published - Jul 1986
Externally published	Yes

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knowledge-based systems
mechanical engineering design

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Engineering(all)

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