Call for Papers (AIEDAM 1999)

The Fall 1999 (Vol. 13, #4) special issue of AIEDAM will focus on generative systems in design. Original papers are invited on all aspects of generative systems and grammars in design with particular emphasis on form-making. Design, understood broadly, is concerned with the making of useful form. The study of design, its underlying representations and the methods that can be used to derive new artifacts are important research topics in many disciplines including engineering and architecture. Form-making entails design activities that have a direct influence on the form of the produced artifacts. Its study involves the establishment of explicit and systematic links between the of form of an artifact, its visual properties, its composition, and its performance. In addition to form-making, design is concerned with processes and considerations that precede and follow decisions related to the making of form.

The special editors suggest that authors consider some of the issues below in preparing their submissions:

• What are some of the emerging approaches to the use of generative systems in form-making?
• What is the role of generative systems in form-making research?
• Can generative systems research lead to a better understanding of form-making and design?
• How can generative systems be used to produce artifacts that meet desired performance criteria?
• What are the essential characteristics of form-making and can they be captured formally?
• Is it useful to distinguish syntax from semantics in generative form-making systems?
• How can generative form-making systems be designed to handle ambiguity in the generated artifacts as well as issues of emerging and implicit semantics?
• What are the advantages and limitations of current approaches to defining generative systems and grammars for form-making? Can these be integrated to produce more complex representations?
• How can the issue of control be handled in implementing generative systems and form-making grammars?

The editors are particularity interested in papers that introduce new ideas to this area of research. Papers that provide a survey and a critical overview of some group of grammatical formalisms and their applications are also welcome. Authors are encouraged to discuss with the special editors topics both within and outside the aforementioned categories. Submitted papers will be refereed by at least two reviewers both from the application domain and from the artificial intelligence area.

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