Design Support Using Distributed Web-Based AI Tools

Currently, designers are faced with searching through a ‘sea’ of on-line knowledge to support their decision making activities. This paper describes WebCADET, which is a reimplementation of the stand-alone CADET – a Knowledge-Based System (KBS) for product design evaluation. WebCADET aims to provide...

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Published inResearch in engineering design Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 31 - 44
Main Authors Rodgers, Paul A., Huxor, Avon P., Caldwell, Nicholas H. M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer Nature B.V 01.01.1999
Subjects
Decision making
Design
Designers
Knowledge based engineering
Knowledge based systems
Product design
World Wide Web
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Summary:Currently, designers are faced with searching through a ‘sea’ of on-line knowledge to support their decision making activities. This paper describes WebCADET, which is a reimplementation of the stand-alone CADET – a Knowledge-Based System (KBS) for product design evaluation. WebCADET aims to provide effective and efficient support for designers during their searches for design knowledge. WebCADET uses the ‘AI as text’ approach, where KBSs can be seen as a medium to facilitate the communication of design knowledge between designers. The development of WebCADET to include practical support via World Wide Web-based functionality, which illustrates the potential of the ‘AI as text’ approach, is described in the paper.
ISSN:0934-9839
1435-6066
DOI:10.1007/s001630050003