Paper Info
Title
Emergent Designer: An Integrated Research And Design Support Tool Based On Models Of Complex Systems
Abstract
This paper introduces an integrated research and design support tool, called Emergent Designer, developed at George Mason University. It is a tool that implements models of various complex systems, including cellular automata and evolutionary algorithms, to represent engineering systems and their related design processes. The system is intended for conducting design experiments in the area of structural design and for the analysis of their results. It implements state-of-the-art representations supporting generation of novel design concepts and efficient mechanisms for their subsequent optimization at the topological and sizing levels. The first part of this paper describes the overall system's architecture and the flow of information among its components. The actual system's implementation is discussed next and illustrated with several screen shots of the system's graphical user interface. Emergent Designer's novel approach to representing steel structural systems in tall buildings is also presented. It is based on the use of generative representations which utilize cellular automata to generate design concepts. Several design experiments are briefly described to demonstrate the feasibility of Emergent Designer in conceptual design as well as of design processes modeled by complex systems.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2005
JOURNAL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN CONSTRUCTION
evolutionary design, design support tools, emergence, cellular automata, structural design
Field
DocType
Volume
Conceptual design,Design education,Systems engineering,Computer science,Design technology,Systems design,Graphical user interface,Computer-automated design,IDEF4,Generative Design
Journal
10
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1874-4753
0
0.34
References 
Authors
1
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Rafal Kicinger182.22
Tomasz Arciszewski22916.36
Kenneth De Jong33798525.78