A Situated Agent-Based Design Assistant
John S. Gero, Wei Peng · Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia · 2004
This paper introduces a situated agent-based design assistant. The agent is wrapped around an existing design tool in order to adapt that design tool to its use. Current design tools are unchanged by their use and as a consequence as the designer develops experience in using the tool, the tool remains the same. Such an agent is able to learn from its interactions with environments through its “experience”. This learning is based on situated representation mechanisms and a constructive memory system. The agent wrapper will be able to adapt the tool’s behaviours to its use and as a result improve the tool’s usability.