Book chapter
Knowledge-Based Interfaces for Optimization Problems
Optimization and Artificial Intelligence in Civil and Structural Engineering, pp 25-55
1992
Abstract
Optimization is a well understood process in design domains. Designers formulate their design problems as single or multicriteria optimization problems and then select an approximate optimization algorithm to search for the optimal values for the design variables. The formulation and algorithm selection procedures have been considered to be activities which relied on substantive human knowledge. This paper describes a computer system, OPTIMA, which formulates design optimization problems from a pseudo-English description into canonical algebraic expressions. It then recognises the formulation and selects appropriate algorithm(s) for its solution. Finally, it runs the selected algorithm(s) and sends the results back to the original descriptions. Areas of expert knowledge involved in carrying out the above tasks are identified. Such knowledge is explicitly encoded in the system. The basic philosophy and key features of the system are described and are illustrated with examples.
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- Title
- Knowledge-Based Interfaces for Optimization Problems
- Creators
- John S. Gero - The University of SydneyBala M. Balachandran
- Contributors
- B. H. V. Topping (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Optimization and Artificial Intelligence in Civil and Structural Engineering, pp 25-55
- Series
- NATO ASI Series
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands; Dordrecht
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology)
- Other Identifier
- 991022157477204721