Engineering Design Viewed as an Activity in Artificial Intelligence

Citation

Preiss, K. (1978). Engineering design viewed as an activity in artificial intelligence. SRI International.

Abstract

The process of problem solving has been studied in artificial intelligence research for the past few decades. This paper describes the engineering design process from several viewpoints, and then relates this process to procedures that can be implemented using computers.


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