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Constraint solving and preference activation for interactive design

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1998

CLAUDIO LOTTAZ ,
RUTH STALKER  and
IAN SMITH
CLAUDIO LOTTAZ
Affiliation:
AI Lab (LIA) and Computer Science Department, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
RUTH STALKER
Affiliation:
Institute of Structural Engineering and Mechanics (ISS-IMAC), Department of Civil Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
IAN SMITH
Affiliation:
Institute of Structural Engineering and Mechanics (ISS-IMAC), Department of Civil Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Abstract

This article contains a description of a constraint solver that determines complete solution spaces. These spaces are defined by sets of constraints in continuous variables. Interactive design is supported through improvements to existing algorithms that have increased system performance. In addition, heuristics for activating the best set of preferred constraints for a design task are presented, and two ways are proposed for interactively exploring design alternatives. IDIOM is an application framework that has successfully tested these algorithms for interactive apartment layout design.

Keywords

Constraint SolvingPreferencesInteractive Design

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Type
Research Article
Information
AI EDAM , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , January 1998 , pp. 13 - 27
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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