On the implications of design process views for the development of computational design support tools

Automation in Construction

Volumn 7, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 189-204

  Mahdavi, Ardeshir ^a   Suter, Georg ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Architectural design process; Computational design support tools; Design process views

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; USER INTERFACES;

COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN SUPPORT TOOLS; COMPUTATIONAL EVALUATION TOOLS; DESIGN PROCESS VIEWS;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 0031655149     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-5805(97)00060-5     Document Type: Article

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