A-Design: An agent-based approach to conceptual design in a dynamic environment

Research in Engineering Design - Theory, Applications, and Concurrent Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 172-192

  Campbell, Matthew I ^a   Cagan, Jonathan ^a   Kotovsky, Kenneth ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS ENGINEERING;

AGENT-BASED METHODS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033329146     PISSN: 09349839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001630050013     Document Type: Article

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