A case-based design aid for conceptual design of aircraft subsystems

This paper describes MIDAS (a memory for initial design of aircraft subsystems), a system that applies insights and techniques from case-based reasoning (CBR) to aid engineers in the design of utility subsystems early in the development of a new aircraft concept. Our goal is to demonstrate the usefu...

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Main Authors: Domeshek, E.A., Herndon, M.F., Bennett, A.W., Kolodner, J.L.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Aerospace control
Aerospace engineering
Aircraft manufacture
Aircraft propulsion
Artificial intelligence
Buildings
Control system synthesis
Costs
Educational institutions
Process design
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Summary:This paper describes MIDAS (a memory for initial design of aircraft subsystems), a system that applies insights and techniques from case-based reasoning (CBR) to aid engineers in the design of utility subsystems early in the development of a new aircraft concept. Our goal is to demonstrate the usefulness and practicality of a particular approach to building a corporate design memory. MIDAS is an instance of a general class of systems we call Case-Based Design Aids (CBDAs). A CBDA provides a designer with convenient access to multimedia presentations that highlight the outstanding good and bad points of previous designs. MIDAS was developed as a joint project of the Georgia Tech AI Lab and Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Company's Advanced Design Division. It is the first CBDA to be built largely by domain experts; the AI team primarily provided an (evolving) tool kit, and advice.< >
DOI:10.1109/CAIA.1994.323691