Title :
HANDICAP-a system for design consulting
Author :
Straube, M. ; Wilkes, W. ; Schlageter, G.
Author_Institution :
Praktische Informatik I, Fern Univ., Hagen, Germany
fDate :
28 Feb-3 Mar 1994
Abstract :
CAD frameworks allow to integrate various CAD tools into an integrated design environment. Such a design environment will give the designer more freedom in organizing his design process and he may follow more than only one predefined design path. This paper introduces a design consulting system which supports the designer in performing this additional task of organizing his design process. The system follows a distributed approach: several expert systems evaluate a given design situation on the basis of their local knowledge, and their results are combined into a common proposal as to how to perform the next design steps. The paper describes the underlying concepts and the implementation design of the design consultant prototype HANDICAP
Keywords :
circuit CAD; expert systems; intelligent design assistants; logic CAD; CAD framework; CAD tools; HANDICAP; design consulting; design path; design process; design situation; distributed approach; expert systems; integrated design environment; local knowledge; Circuits; Design automation; Design methodology; Expert systems; Fabrication; Organizing; Performance evaluation; Process design; Proposals; Prototypes;
Conference_Titel :
European Design and Test Conference, 1994. EDAC, The European Conference on Design Automation. ETC European Test Conference. EUROASIC, The European Event in ASIC Design, Proceedings.
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-5410-4
DOI :
10.1109/EDTC.1994.326918
