The Compilation of Routine Design Knowledge
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This project will investigate how a design task becomes                    routine.  As a designer continues to solve similar problems the                 knowledge is transformed, or compiled, to produce more routine                  problem-solving.                                                                     A language called the Design Specialists and Plans                         Language (DSPL) has been developed that can express a                           designer's knowledge of how to solve a routine problem.  It has                 been used to build several design expert systems.  DSPL                         recognizes that routine design problem-solving involves a                       variety of types of knowledge, such as plans, Redesigners, and                  tasks, each with a well defined role.  This project will be                     based around the DSPL language.                                                      The underlying methodology of the project is to ask the                    question "Where did that come from?" of every type of knowledge                 in a routine design system.  This research starts with existing                 well-compiled routine design knowledge, and is interested in                    small, recent transformations.  For example, a plan in DSPL was                 probably produced by the method of instantiating a plan scheme.                 The investigators ignore the fact that it was originally the                    result of some planning activity.                                                    For each type of knowledge the investigators identify one                  or more such methods, and produce implementations of them.  The                 methods will be studied individually, and then with interesting                 interactions.
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