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In article <1993Jan11.092542.25036@mic.ucla.edu>, iwelch@agsm.ucla.edu
(Ivo Welch) writes:
|>It is time for someone to design  and sell an elegant,  comprehensive function
|>minimizer, and which switches transparently among minimization algorithms upon
|>self-determined demand. Isn't this what Artifical Intelligence could be useful
|>for? 

Curiously enough, researchers at the GE R&D Center developed an
AI-based optimization system called Engineous.  From a 1989 brochure:

  Engineous is a generic software shell that can be applied to the
  design of many different products.  Engineous iterates Computer-Aided
  Engineering (CAE) design programs until desired goals are met, freeing
  the engineer to perform more highly skilled functions.

While Engineous is not a commercial product, the development team may be
reached at:

Dr. Siu Shing Tong
GE Corporate R&D Center
P.O. Box 8
Schenectady, NY 12301

There have been a number of technical papers describing Engineous
in the open literature as well.

Disclaimer:  Dr. Tong doesn't know I'm doing this.

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Ken Meltsner                        | meltsner@crd.ge.com (518) 387-6391