Volume 12, Number 1, January 1998

Editorial

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  William P. Birmingham, Clive L. Dym: Foreword. 1-

Practicum Paper

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  Heung-Yeoul Shin, Jae-Won Lee: An expert system for pneumatic design. 3-11
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  Claudio Lottaz, Ruth Stalker, Ian F. C. Smith: Constraint solving and preference activation for interactive design. 13-27
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  Robert de Souza, Zhao Zhen Ying, Liu Chao Yang: Modelling Business processes and enterprise activities at the knowledge level. 29-42

Position Paper

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  Clive L. Dym: Design and design centers in engineering education. 43-46
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  William K. Purves, Mary E. Williams: Computers and learning. 47-48
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  Patrick Little: Project management and management of design: Teaching and tools. 49-50
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  James J. Rosenberg: Stimulating appropriate uses of simulation in design. 51-54
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  Stephen J. Lukasik: Systems, systems of systems, and the education of engineers. 55-60
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  James H. Garrett Jr.: The computer-aided engineer: Prospects and risks. 61-63
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  Renate Fruchter: Roles of computing in P⁵BL: Problem-, project-, product-, process-, and people-based learning. 65-67
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  Steven J. Fenves: What we've learned: Design and design centers in engineering education. 69-72
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  Dave Wilson: Data exchange and software integration: Interdisciplinary design challenges. 73-76
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  Raymond E. Levitt: Toward analysis tools for the engineering process. 77-78
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  William R. Spillers: The future of computers and the teaching of engineering design. 79-80
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  Louis Komzsik: Meshless finite element analysis: A fallacy or reality? 81-82
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  Larry J. Leifer, Sheri D. Sheppard: Reality brings excitement to engineering education. 83-86

Volume 12, Number 2, April 1998

Editorial

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  Alex H. B. Duffy, David C. Brown, Ashok K. Goel: Special Issue: Machine Learning in Design. 93-94

Research Articles

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  Bojan Dolsak, Ivan Bratko, Anton Jezernik: Knowledge base for finite-element mesh design learned by inductive logic programming. 95-106
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  Paulo Gomes, Carlos Bento, Pedro Gago: Learning to verify design solutions from failure knowledge. 107-115
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  Dan L. Grecu, David C. Brown: Dimensions of machine learning in design. 117-121
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  Nenad Ivezic, James H. Garrett Jr.: Machine learning for simulation-based support of early collaborative design. 123-139
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  D. Manfaat, Alex H. B. Duffy, B. S. Lee: SPIDA: Abstracting and generalizing layout design cases. 141-159
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  Yoram Reich: Learning in design: From characterizing dimensions to working systems. 161-172
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  Mark Schwabacher, Thomas Ellman, Haym Hirsh: Learning to set up numerical optimizations of engineering designs. 173-192
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  Siang Kok Sim, Alex H. B. Duffy: A foundation for machine learning in design. 193-209

Volume 12, Number 3, June 1998

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  William J. Marx, Dimitri N. Mavris, Daniel P. Schrage: A knowledge-based system integrated with numerical analysis tools for aircraft life-cycle design. 211-229

Practicum Paper

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  Pai-Chuan Lu: The application of fuzzy neural network techniques in constructing an adaptive car-following indicator. 231-241
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  Ian Flood, Nicolas Gagarin, Nabil A. Kartam: Modelling earthquake accelerograms using neural networks and linear predictors. 243-258
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  Ian Flood, Nabil A. Kartam: A Binary Classifier with applications to poorly defined engineering problems. 259-272
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  Nabil A. Kartam, Tanit Tongthong: An Artificial neural network for resource leveling problems. 273-287

Volume 12, Number 4, September 1998

Guest Editorial

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  Timothy P. Darr, Mark Klein, Deborah L. McGuinness: Special Issue: Configuration Design. 293-294

Position Paper

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  David W. Franke: Configuration research and commercial solutions. 295-300
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  David C. Brown: Defining configuring. 301-305

Articles

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  Markus Stumptner, Gerhard Friedrich, Alois Haselböck: Generative constraint-based configuration of large technical systems. 307-320
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  Giuseppe Attardi, Antonio Cisternino, Maria Simi: Web-based configuration assistants. 321-331
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  Deborah L. McGuinness, Jon R. Wright: Conceptual modelling for configuration: A description logic-based approach. 333-344
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  Helen Lowe, Michal Pechoucek, Alan Bundy: Proof planning for maintainable configuration systems. 345-356
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  Timo Soininen, Juha Tiihonen, Tomi Männistö, Reijo Sulonen: Towards a general ontology of configuration. 357-372
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  Frank Feldkamp, Michael Heinrich, Klaus Dieter Meyer-Gramann: SyDeR--System design for reusability. 373-382
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  Daniel Mailharro: A classification and constraint-based framework for configuration. 383-397

Volume 12, Number 5, November 1998

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  B. T. Cheok, Andrew Y. C. Nee: Configuration of progressive dies. 405-418
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  Bradley S. Homann, Anna C. Thornton: Precision machine design assistant: A constraint-based tool for the design and evaluation of precision machine tool concepts. 419-429
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  Ian C. Parmee: Evolutionary and adaptive strategies for efficient search across whole system engineering design hierarchies. 431-445
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  Z. Yao, H. D. Bradley, P. G. Maropoulos: An aggregate weld product model for the early design stages. 447-461
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  Talal Al-Shihabi, Ibrahim Zeid: A design-plan-oriented methodology for applying case-based adaptation to engineering design. 463-478