Knowledge based modeling of the design process as a base of design tools. application to the development of agricultural structures

Abstract

Actual advancements of the design tools for industrial elements include the addition of knowledge based elements to the classic design tools. In this sense, we propose a general design model, which is represented using an extension of CommonKADS, as a framework for the development of design tools for different industrial objects. This model was used developing the latest version of DAMOCIA-Design, a knowledge based design tool of greenhouse structures. One key point of our design framework is using alternative knowledge blocks, which are selected dynamically using an ad-hoc mechanism, assembled using sets of selection criteria associated to the methods. © 2011 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.