Artificial Intelligence in Engineering Design

Artificial Intelligence in Engineering Design is a three volume edited collection of key papers from the field of artificial intelligence and design, aimed at providing a description of the field, and focusing on how ideas and methods from artifical intelligence can help engineers in the design of physical artifacts and processes. The book surveys a wide variety of applications in the areas of civil, mechanical, chemical, VLSI, electrical, and computer engineering. The contributors are from leading academic computer-aided design centers as well as from industry.

Contributors. Preface. Introduction. Part IV: Knowledge Acquisition. Part VII: Commercial Applications. Part VIII: Integrated Environments. Part IX: The State of the Field.