Knowledge based engineering Between AI and CAD. Review of a language based technology to support engineering design》.pdfVIP

Advanced Engineering Informatics 26 (2012) 159–179 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Advanced Engineering Informatics journal homepage: /locate/aei Knowledge based engineering: Between AI and CAD. Review of a language based technology to support engineering design Gianfranco La Rocca ⇑ Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Chair of Flight Performance and Propulsion, Kluyverweg 1, 2629HS Delft, The Netherlands a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Knowledge based engineering (KBE) is a relatively young technology with an enormous potential for Available online 16 March 2012 engineering design applications. Unfortunately the amount of dedicated literature available to date is quite low and dispersed. This has not promoted the diffusion of KBE in the world of industry and acade- Keywords: mia, neither has it contributed to enhancing the level of understanding of its technological fundamentals. Knowledge based engineering The scope of this paper is to offer a broad technological review of KBE in the attempt to fill the current Knowledge engineering information gap. The artificial intelligence roots of KBE are briefly discussed and the main differences and Engineering design similarities with respect to classical knowledge based systems and modern general purpose CAD systems Generative design highlighted. Th