ACCELERE: a case-based design assistant for closed cell rubber industry

摘要

The paper describes a knowledge-based system called ACCELERE, which was developed in order to aid in designing closed cell rubber. Designing a closed cell rubber is a complex activity. The complexity comes from the high number of design variables and the interaction between them. Consequently, the available knowledge is incomplete and does not permit to solve a problem at the first attempt. Then a design episode is an iterative process that can last up to 24 months. ACCELERE was developed to reduce this time, and to help the designers in synthesis as well as in evaluation phases of the design cycle. As a result of the lack of knowledge, ACCELERE uses Case-Based Reasoning as main problem solving method.