Abstract
This Paper illustrates the role of knowledge-based technology (KBT) in computer-aided structural engineering design (CASD), and it presents a prototype knowledge-based system illustrating the application of KBT to CASD. The concept of non-monotonic reasoning is described with respect to structural engineering design. Techniques for the automated control of previously made design inferences, after a non-monotonic design state has been encountered, are described with respect to a prototype knowledge-based design system for industrial steel buildings.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 421-446 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (London) |
| Volume | 90 |
| Issue number | pt 1 |
| Publication status | Published - Apr 1991 |