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Preliminaries
1	KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS
1.1	An Architect-Engineer Interface for Optimal Earthquake-Resistant Design C.A. Syrmakezis and G.K. Mikroudis	1
1.2	A Knowledge-Based System Approach to the Estimation of Structural Steelwork Mass D.St.J. Fox and J.E. Butler	9
1.3	KTISMA: A Blackboard System for Structural Model Synthesis on Asymmetrical Skeletal Buildings of Reinforced Concrete G.E. Tsakalias	15
1.4	Knowledge-Based Expert Systems for Bridge Rating M.A. Issa and A. Yousif	23
1.5	The Architecture of a Knowledge-Based Expert System for the Design and Analysis of Structures H.S.Y. Chan, C.M.L. Wu and J.K.W. Ng	33
1.6	Knowledge-Based Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures T.J. McCarthy, N. Jain and J. Attard	43
1.7	Considerations in User-Interface Design for Knowledge-Based Systems C.J. Anumba	47
1.8	IKTINOS: An Expert Mathematical Model for the Restoration of the Wall Faces of the Parthenon, using Fuzzy Logic Techniques L.S. Vamvakeridou-Lyroudia	53
1.9	Cost Modelling for the Economic Appraisal of Tubular Truss Design W.M.K. Tizani, G. Davies, T.J. McCarthy, D.A. Nethercot and N.J. Smith	59
2	NEURAL NETWORKS
2.1	Renumbering Heuristics using Neural Networks M. Hoit and C. Olsen	69
2.2	Representing Heuristic Design Knowledge using Artificial Neural Networks J.D. Biedermann and D.E. Grierson	83
2.3	A Neural Network-Based Design of Edge Supported R.C. Slabs A. Arslan and R. Ince	91
2.4	Prediction of Turbine Performance using Multilayer Feedforward Networks by Reducing Mapping Nonlinearity H. Lee and P. Hajela	99
3	OBJECT ORIENTED APPROACHES IN STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING COMPUTATION
3.1	An Object-Oriented Approach to Finite Element Programming R.R. Gajewski	107
3.2	Substructuring using the Object-Oriented Approach J. Ju and M.U. Hosain	115
3.3	Object-Oriented Finite Element Programming: Beyond Fast Prototyping D. Eyheramendy and T. Zimmermann	121
3.4	Object-Oriented Structural Analysis in a Graphical Environment R.S. Arruda, L. Landau and N.F.F. Ebecken	129
3.5	An Object-Oriented System for the Three-Dimensional Simulation of Hydraulic Fracturing Processes in Rock J.L.A. de Oliveira e Sousa and A.R. Ingraffea	139
3.6	Efficiency Issues in an Object Oriented Programming Environment P.R.B. Devloo	147
3.7	The Use of an Object Oriented Language in the Development of Structural Engineering Programmes D.A. Shepherd and I.D. Lefas	153

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