AI in Collaborative Design

Papers from the AAAI Workshop

John S. Gero, Mary Lou Maher, and Fay Sudweeks, Program Cochairs

Technical Report WS-93-07 published by The AAAI Press, Menlo Park, California

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Part One: DAI in Collaborative Design

A Collaborative Architecture for Design Evaluation and Refinements / 3
M. V. Belmonte, L. Mandow, J. L. Perez de la Cruz, R. Conejo and R. Morales

Supporting Mechatronic Design Via a Distributed Network of Intelligent Agents / 15
W. Birmingham, T. Darr, E. Durfee, A. Ward and M. Wellman

An AI-Based Framework for Collaborative Design / 35
N. E. Branki

Exploring the Role of Single Function Agents in Negotiation / 47
D. C. Brown

A Knowledge-based System for Design Concept Negotiation / 51
Y. Cai and D. Martinelli

Process Support for Collaborative Design / 61
D. E. Gaucas and M. B. Waldron

FCDA: A Framework for Collaborative Distributed Multidisciplinary Design / 67
T. Khedro, M. R. Genesereth and P. M. Teicholz

Using an Organisation Model to Predict Effects on Design Team Productivity / 83
J. C. Kunz, G. P. Cohen and R. E. Levitt

Organizing Cooperative Search Among Heterogeneous Expert Agents / 89
S. E. Lander and V. R. Lesser

MATE: An Experiment While You Sleep Test Bed / 83
C. Mason

Design Space Navigation as a Collaborative Aid / 107
C. Petrie

Computer Supported Collaborative Engineering / 117
D. Sriram

Using Negotiation and Coordination in Collaborative Design / 129
K. J. Werkman

Part Two: Models for Developing Groupware in Collaborative Design

Using Stories to Overcome Social Obstacles in Design Collaborations / 143
E. A. Domeshek, J. L. Kolodner, R. Billington and C. M Zimring

Supporting Heterogeneous Distributed Substantiation of Common Generic Structures in Collaborative Design / 149
C. Peng

Concurrent Engineering and Design: Person-centred and Computer-assisted / 171
D. Rochowiak and L. Interrante

A Computational Model for Synchronous Collaborative Design / 191
M. Saad and M. L. Maher

Part Three: Languages for Communication and Cooperation in Collaborativ Design

Where Design Engineers Spend/Waste Their Time / 209
R. A. Crabtree, N. K. Baid and M. S. Fox

Providing Expert Support for Collaborative Problem Formulation / 221
R. V. George

Emergence in Collaborative Computer-aided Design / 233
J. S. Gero

One Possible Role for Machine Learning in Collaborative Design (A Few Preliminary Thoughts) / 241
N. Ivezic, J. Garrett and D. Shaw

SHADE: Technology for Knowledge-based Collaborative Engineering / 245
D. R. Kuokka, J. G. McGuire, R. N. Pelavin, J. C. Weber, J. M. Tenenbaum, T. Gruber, and G. Olsen

A Knowledge-based Approach Toward Computer-supported Cooperative Design / 245
P. M. Wognum

Part Four: Representation and Communication of Intent in Collaborative Design

Causal Descriptions and Collaborative Physical Design / 275
G. C. Borchardt

Collaborative Design in System Development: What Place for Design Rationale? / 283
L. Candy, E. Edmonds

Propose-Interpret Critique-Explain: A Communication Cycle for Collaborative Conceptual Building Design / 287
M. J. Clayton, R. Fruchter, H. Krawinkler, J. Kunz, and P. Teicholz

Facilitating Collaborative Design through Representations of Context and Intent / 293
G. Fischer, K. Nakakoji, and J. Otswald

Collaborative Design System Explaining Its Artifact / 313
T. Tamura

Index / 319

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