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    A fundamental and theoretical framework for an intelligent CAD system
    (Pergamon Press, 1990) Akman, V.; Hagen, P. J. W. T.; Tomiyama, T.
    Currently, there exists a line of research in mechanical CAD that is directed towards using AI and knowledge engineering ideas, but truly unifying approaches in this respect are lacking. The authors hope to fill this gap via a logic-based, theoretical approach. A formulation is given for how a designer's apprentice (or a design workbench) can be established. The relevance of naive physics and commonsense reasoning in machine design are demonstrated. As for the software development methodology several aspects of software engineering are considered. A design base language which is built upon logic programming and object-oriented programming paradigm is proposed. © 1990.
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    Heterogeneous inference in design
    (Publ by ASME, New York, NY, United States, 1992) Akman, Varol
    For those of us involved in the attempt to construct formal models and environments in which the world of design can be subjected to scientific experimentation, the raison d'etre of logic has been rather well-understood. The aim of this position paper is not really to challenge this view but rather to complement and extend it. Specifically, we discuss why heterogeneous inference - inference that proceeds from information represented in more than one form - is crucial.