Contents

• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Introduction
  • General Introduction
  • Goals of the Thesis
  • Concurrent Engineering
    • Ingredients of Concurrent Engineering
    • Views of Concurrent Engineering
  • SNEAKERS
  • The Thesis
• Literature Review
  • Introduction
  • Concurrent Engineering
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • User Interfaces for Design Systems
  • Summary
• Methodology
  • Introduction
  • CLIPS and COOL
  • Motif and VUIT
  • Storyboarding
  • Knowledge Acquisition
  • Summary
• Domain Selection
  • Introduction
  • Domain Requirements
  • Tinker Toys
  • Abstract Towers
    • I-type Towers
    • A-type Towers
    • X-type Towers
  • User Controlled Features
    • Requirements:
    • Abstract Tower:
    • Measurements:
    • Component Selection and Positioning:
  • System Controlled Functions
    • Design Phase:
    • Component Selection:
    • Component Positioning:
  • Aspects Available
    • Design:
    • Manufacturing:
    • Assembly:
    • Cost:
    • Marketing:
    • Safety:
    • Disposal:
    • Packaging:
  • Summary
• Design
  • Introduction
  • Logical View
    • Control Flow
    • Data Flow
    • Blackboard and Expert Systems
  • Screen Layout
    • Menu Bar
    • Drawing Area
    • Agent Display Area
    • Message Area
    • Palette of Objects
    • Requirements Display Area
    • Other Information Area
    • Pop-up Dialogs
    • The Whole Picture
  • Summary
• Implementation
  • Introduction
  • Implementational Control
    • Motif
    • General C Code
    • CLIPS and COOL
  • Implementational View of Blackboard
  • Summary
• Conclusions
  • Introduction
  • Evaluation
  • Future Work
  • Summary
• References
• User's Guide for SNEAKERS
• Screen Layout
  • Menu Bar:
  • Drawing Area:
  • Agent Display Area:
  • Message Area:
  • Palette of Objects:
  • Requirements Display Area:
  • Other Information Area:
  • Pop-up Dialogs:
• User Options
• Sample Run
• Tower Building Objects
• List of Rules
• Program Modules
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