Engineering in Ai

Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems for Engineers by C.S. Krishnamoorthy; S. Rajeev CRC Press, CRC Press LLC ISBN: 0849391253 Pub Date: 08/01/96

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Preface

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Chapter 1—Introduction

1.1 General 1.2 Developments in Artificial Intelligence 1.3 Developments in Expert Systems 1.4 Role of AI and Expert Systems in Engineering

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Chapter 2—Search Techniques

2.1 Introduction 2.2 Problem Definition and Solution Process 2.3 Production Systems 2.4 Search Techniques 2.4.1 Breadth-First Search 2.4.2 Depth-First Search 2.4.3 Heuristic Search 2.4.4 Generate and Test 2.4.5 Best-First Search 2.4.6 Agenda-Driven Search 2.5 Problem Decomposition and AND-OR Graphs

Chapter 3—Knowledge-Based Expert System

3.1 Introduction 3.2 What is KBES?

3.3 Architecture of KBES 3.3.1 Knowledge Base 3.3.2 Inference Mechanisms 3.3.3 Inexact Reasoning 3.3.4 Non-Monotonic Reasoning 3.3.5 Reasoning Based on Certainty Factors

Chapter 4—Engineering Design Synthesis

4.1 Introduction 4.2 Synthesis 4.3 Decomposition Model for Synthesis 4.4 Role of a Synthesiser in KBES Environment 4.5 An Architecture for a Synthesiser - A Generic Tool 4.6 Generic Synthesis Tool - GENSYNT 4.6.1 Application Examples

Chapter 5—Criticism and Evaluation

5.1 Introduction 5.2 Methodologies Used in a Knowledge-Based Environment 5.3 A Framework for Critiquing and Evaluation 5.3.1 Knowledge Representation Framework 5.3.2 Inference Mechanism 5.3.3 Algorithm for Overall Rating of a Hierarchical Solution 5.4 Generic Critiquing Tool - Gencrit 5.4.1 Critiquing Knowledge Base in GENCRIT 5.4.2 Working of GENCRIT

Chapter 6—Case-Based Reasoning

6.1 Introduction 6.2 Applications of Case-Based Reasoning 6.2.1 Planning 6.2.2 Design 6.2.3 Diagnosis 6.3 Case-Based Reasoning Process 6.3.1 Case Retrieval 6.3.1.1 Selection by search conditions 6.3.1.2 Classification by relevance 6.3.1.3 Classification by performance 6.3.1.4 Illustration of the case retrieval process 6.3.2 Solution...