Most models of computer programming explain the programmer’s behoviour by a single design strategy. This article presents o cognitive architecture that uses cue-based search to model multiple design strategies including procedural, functional, means-end or focal, and opportunistic design. The model has been implemented in an artificial intelligence (Al) system that generates Postal progroms fro...

Field of study Held at Politecnico di Milano university, the Doctorate in Design Research is created and managed by Design Department, in cooperation with the Department of Mechanics and the Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering. Politecnico di Milano research doctorate courses aim to build the skills needed to perform highly qualified research jobs in manufacturing and se...

 Objectives to target: This relates to asking ‘Where to go?’, whereas Tools and Strategies below relate to ‘How to get there?’ Breeding objectives describe the type of animal that we might want to develop, or, more commonly, describe the utility of marginal genetic changes in each trait of commercial value. However, there is increasing concern about loss of genetic diversity, both within and b...

The Ergo Attribute System was designed to satisfy the requirements for attributes in a languagegeneric program derivation environment. It consists of three components: (1) an abstract data type of attributes that guarantees attribute consistency, (2) a Common Lisp implementation which combines demand-driven and incremental attribute evaluation in a novel way while allowing for attribute persist...