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Although the ideas presented apply to automation of mechanisms design in general, the paper discusses the development of an expert system for a particular sub-set of mechanisms called Dwell mechanisms.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Many essential and desirable motion characteristics of mechanisms are so implicit that they are difficult to control by analytical methods. By systematically and extensively studying the entire motion characteristics of hundreds of linkages, a comprehensive classification system and heuristics were developed. This qualitative classification scheme led to a finite set of linkage models that cover the entire design space in the sense that any possible design falls under one or more of the models. Our system, called Dwell-Expert, incorporates this design expertise to select the best linkage model for a given set of design specifications and to compare that model against alternatives. The new design methodology and its implementation in AGNESS (A Generalized Network-based Expert System Shell) are explained. A design example is also presented. Our system can reduce even an experienced designer\u2019s initial-design time from a day or more to a minute or less, assuming specifications have already been formulated. Such results motivate extension of this design methodology to other areas of mechanical design and engineering design in general.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1017\/s0890060400000524","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2010,3,31]],"date-time":"2010-03-31T13:49:09Z","timestamp":1270043349000},"page":"17-32","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["A network based expert system for intelligent design of mechanisms"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"2","author":[{"given":"Sridhar","family":"Kota","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Arthur G.","family":"Erdman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Donald R.","family":"Riley","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Albert","family":"Esterline","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"James R.","family":"Slagle","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2009,2,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"S0890060400000524_ref013","volume-title":"A Guide to Expert Systems","author":"Waterman","year":"1986"},{"key":"S0890060400000524_ref008","unstructured":"Slagle J. , Wick M. and Poliac M. 1986. 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