Computer-Assisted Layout Generation

development of the LOOS/ABLOOS systems, which are knowledge-based systems for the generation of "loosely-packed" arrangements of rectangles that satisfy explicitly stated requirements. Sponsored by grants from NSF, in part through the Engineering Design Research Center (EDRC).

References:

• Flemming, U. "On the representation and generation of loosely-packed arrangements of rectangles" Environment and Planning B. Planning and Design 13(1986) 189-205
• Flemming, U. "Knowledge representation and acquisition in the LOOS system" Building and Environment 25(1990) 209-219
• Coyne, R. F. and Flemming, U. "Planning in design synthesis—abstraction-based LOOS" in Artificial Intelligence in Engineering V. Vol. 1: Design (Proc. Fifth International Conf., Boston, MA, J. Gero, ed.) New York: Springer (1990) 91-111

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