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ISSN 1759-3433
CCP: 13
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Edited by: B.H.V. Topping
Paper IV.2

ACCORD: Developing Concepts Towards Integration of Analysis and Design, the Role of Asset in the Design Assurance Process

R.G. Parker*, N.H.W. Stobbs*, A.T. Humphrey*, M.A. Pearce*, J.P. Patureau+ and A. Azarian+

*GEC Marconi Research Centre, Great Baddow, Chelmsford, England
+Bertin et Cie, Zone Industrielle des Gatines, Plaisir, France

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
R.G. Parker, N.H.W. Stobbs, A.T. Humphrey, M.A. Pearce, J.P. Patureau, A. Azarian, "ACCORD: Developing Concepts Towards Integration of Analysis and Design, the Role of Asset in the Design Assurance Process", in B.H.V. Topping, (Editor), "Artificial Intelligence and Structural Engineering", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp 113-119, 1991. doi:10.4203/ccp.13.4.2
Abstract
This paper gives an overview of the work accomplished in the ACCORD sub-project ASSET. ASSET'S objective was to demonstrate the benefits of database management, knowledge based assistance and concurrent processing within the field of design assurance. This objective has been achieved in the implementation of the ASSET demonstrator.

The ASSET demonstrator integrates three engineering disciplines viz Reliability, Cost and Thermal Analysis, under a common management system. The analytical tools within these domains have the capability to communicate with each other through the development of a novel specification of the product hardware. Further, computational speed up through concurrent processing and new design assurance aids has been achieved.

All the software packages within the ASSET demonstrator can be used either as separate tools or in any one of a number of combined configurations.

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