An Exploration‐Based Evolutionary Model of a Generative Design Process
- 1 May 1996
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering
- Vol. 11 (3) , 211-218
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8667.1996.tb00324.x
Abstract
An exploration‐based generative model of design is proposed. Shape grammars are used as a framework for the knowledge representation within this model. The routine design problem over the state space generated using a fixed shape grammar and the creative design problem over the extended state space generated by using an extended shape grammar—the family of shape grammars which includes the original one—are formulated. Two evolutionary algorithms that produce superior designs and shape grammars are presented. In the first method, exploration and search processes occur simultaneously whereas in the second they are explicitly separated.Keywords
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