1987 Volume 53 Issue 491 Pages 1622-1628
An expert CAD system is developed for the design of a marine power plant using the "Artificial Intelligence" concept. In this report, the design of a marine heat and electric power generation plant is treated in succession to the first report. The ideas make possible a two-level hierarchical system combining the A.I. technique with the design optimization method. The system architecture consists of the knowledge base for the design rules of the plant design and mixed integer progmamming for design optimization, The conceptual design process is supported to search the feasible candidates of the machineries constituting the plant, using the "design knowledge", then design optimization is applied to obtain the optimal design of the plant. The system runs interactively to assist a designer in the synthesis phase of the design. The developed system is also of value in the education of inexperienced designers.
Transactions of the Society of Mechanical Engineers
Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Series A
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TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS Series C
TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS Series B
TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS Series A
