Learning to set up numerical optimizations of engineering designs

Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing: AIEDAM

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 173-192

  Schwabacher, Mark ^a   Ellman, Thomas ^b   Hirsh, Haym ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case based Reasoning; Decision Tree Induction; Engineering Design; Numerical Pptimization; Reformation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RAPID PROTOTYPING; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

CASE BASED REASONING (CBR); DECISION TREE INDUCTION; GRADIENT BASED METHODS;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032049459     PISSN: 08900604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0890060498122084     Document Type: Article

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