Engineering design support through case-based reasoning

The potential application of case based reasoning (CBR) in design support is illustrated by means of three examples drawn from past and current research at the University of Paisley. The examples demonstrate the suitability of CBR in different aspects of design, different problem areas, and to meet different design goals. The examples are: a quality advisory system for the designer in the early stages of mechanical engineering design; the integration of case based reasoning with aspects of quality function deployment as a means of identifying suitable metrics in software engineering design; a domain and tool independent environment to support the traceability and documentation of the work of either a single designer or a design team in conceptual design