<p>This thesis describes the development of a software system, which integrates the optimization, finite element, expert system and computer aided design techniques to achieve a highly automatic structural design.</p> <p>New knowledge has been developed for the theory of expert systems, including an knowledge acquisition approach by linear programming and machine learning.</p> <p>Several algorithms have been developed to increase the efficiency of the finite element based optimization.</p> / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:mcmaster.ca/oai:macsphere.mcmaster.ca:11375/6779 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Wu, Zhang |
| Contributors | Siddall, J.N., Mechanical Engineering |
| Source Sets | McMaster University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | thesis |
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