An object-oriented architecture for a finite element method knowledge-based system

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 3497-3517

  Huang, Shengyang ^a   Nakai, Shoichi ^b,d   Katukura, Hiroshi ^b,d   Natori, M C ^c,e  

^a TOYOTA TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b SHIMIZU CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d Izumi Research Institute

^e Department of Spacecraft Engineering ^*

Author keywords

Agents; FEM knowledge base; FEM object model; Generative relationships; Object orientation; Semantic network

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

ABSTRACTIONS; SEMANTIC NETWORK;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0030270483     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19961030)39:20<3497::AID-NME11>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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