Oracles, draughtsmen, and agents: The nature of knowledge and creativity in design and the role of IT

Automation in Construction

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 383-391

  Lawson, Bryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agents; Computer aided design; Draughtsmen; Oracles

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROGRAM INTERPRETERS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE - ORACLES; DESIGNING LAYOUT; DRAUGHTSMEN; HUMAN DESIGN PROCESS;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 13244253995     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2004.08.005     Document Type: Article

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