Reflective practice, artificial intelligence, and engineering design: Common trends and interrelationships

Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing: AIEDAM

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 261-271

  Dias, W Priyan S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA   (Sri Lanka)

^b University of Moratawa   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Artificial Intelligence; Engineering Design; Reflective Practice; Systems; Technical Rationality

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DESIGN AIDS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

REFLECTIVE PRACTICES (RP);

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 0036767025     PISSN: 08900604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0890060402164018     Document Type: Article

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