Distributed multi-reasoning mechanism to support conceptual structural design

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 733-742

  Soibelman, Lucio ^a   Peña Mora, Feniosky ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0012063477     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2000)126:6(733)     Document Type: Article

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