2001 年 66 巻 547 号 p. 149-155
The objective of this study is to find a set of principles of action in design. The set is expected to explain some characteristic phenomena in a design process. This paper discusses the feasibility of the design research employing the methods of artificial intelligence. We generate software agents in dynamic and virtual environment and let them evolve to fit the environment. Each agent is allowed to change the internal process that couples information acquired from the environment and action to change it. It is observed that some agents get to perform intentional action. Genetic programming is used for the evolution.