ABSTRACT
The conceptual ship design is performed by computerized systems that incorporate intelligent design frameworks. These frameworks initially proposed to be used in the initial stage of the design process lately were completed and transformed into a tool that can be employed through the entire design process. Based on the development of computer aided design methodology, a multi objective and multi criteria optimization has been explored in ship design. M. G. Parsons et al. proposed a set-based conceptual ship design to analogy with the method proposed by Alan Ward for the Toyota Company. M. Bole et al. discussed an integrated ship design environment that is based on an object-oriented framework. The developed interactive intelligent conceptual design framework “Expert” can be applied in designing different types of commercial ships. In the conceptual ship design, the mathematical model of the ship is traditionally built based on the statistical analyses, developing regression equations to describe the ship as a physical object with predefined properties.
