The goal of the volume is twofold: to help engineers to understand the design and development process and the specific techniques utilized for constructing expert systems in engineering and, secondly, to introduce computer specialists to significant applications of knowledge-based techniques in engineering. Among the authors are world famous experts of engineering and knowledge-based systems development.

Inhalt
E.R. de Arantes e Oliveira, J. Bento: The Sense of Progress in Structural Engineering.- C. Tasso: An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and to the Development of Knowledge-Based Systems.- P.W.H. Chung: Effective Knowledge Elicitation.- J. Bento: Modelling Mechanical Behaviour without Mechanics.- S.J. Fenves, G. Turkiyyah: Knowledge-Based Systems for Finite Element Modeling.- M. Terk, S.J. Fenves: Integrated Building Design.- D. Sriram: Computer Aided Collaborative Product Development.- M.L. Maher: Machine Learning in Engineering Design: Learning Generalized Design Prototypes from Examples.- B. Feijó: Virtual Environments for CAD Systems.- E. Toppano: Model Transmutations for Conceptual Design of Technical Systems.- P.W.H. Chung, D. Stone: Handling Regulatory Information Using Information Technology.