ABSTRACT
Automation of design of one-of-a-kind engineering systems is considered a particularly challenging problem. The senior author and his associates have been working on creating novel design theories and computational models with two broad objectives: automation and optimization (Abuyounes and Adeli, 1987; Adeli and Alrijieh, 1987; Adeli and Balasubramanyam, 1988; Paek and Adeli, 1988a & b; Adeli and Mark, 1988 & 1990; Adeli and Chompooming, 1989; Adeli and Ge, 1989; Adeli and Yeh, 1989; Eisenloffel and Adeli, 1990 & 1993; Yu and Adeli, 1991; Adeli and Hawkins, 1991; Adeli and Kamal, 1993; Adeli and Yu, 1993a & b, Adeli and Cheng, 1993 & 1994a; Adeli and Hung, 1995; Adeli and Kumar, 1995a; Kumar and Adeli, 1995a & b; Adeli and Sarma, 1995; Adeli and Kao, 1996; Kao and Adeli, 1997; Soegiarso and Adeli, 1996 & 1997a & b).
