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An intelligent design machine: architecture and search strategies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 February 2009
Abstract
In this report the architecture of an intelligent design machine capable of performing routine design in different design domains is described. This machine is crafted to operate as a part of a larger system driven by a human designer. Notable features are its use of best-first search strategies for problem-solving control and its ability to adjust problem-solving control strategies, perform automated redesign following specification changes, and resolve constraint violations using domain knowledge. The claims made for this machine are analyzed and it is argued that these claims are founded on established principles of design for intelligent systems. An implementation of this architecture in a rule-based system named Proteus is discussed and its operation is examined using as an example the domain of register-transfer-level computer design.
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