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In this paper, we start from a case study of an architecture company and move on to a framework of agents to identify and inform conceptual design. The processes and problems exhibited by the company involved are quite common and can be found in other similar companies. Our intent is to instrument the current process using agent technology, in an effort to improve global awareness during the conceptual design phase, allowing the designers to design so as to facilitate later steps and optimize the process as a whole.
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Pinho, D., Vivacqua, A., Palma, S., de Souza, J.M. (2005). Similarity Based Agents for Design. In: Shen, W., Lin, Z., Barthès, JP.A., Li, T. (eds) Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design I. CSCWD 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3168. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11568421_12
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