1 Representations in Design -- Multi-level molecular representation -- Text analysis for constructing design representations -- Learning genetic representations as alternative to hand-coded shape grammars -- 2 Design Objects -- Reactive design agents in solid modelling -- A framework for design object evolution -- Creating design objects from cases for interactive spatial composition -- 3: Genetic Algorithms/Genetic Programming in Design -- Integrating a genetic algorithm into a knowledge-based system for ordering complex design processes -- AI in control system design using a new paradigm for design representation -- Automated design of both the topology and sizing of analog electrical circuits using genetic programming -- 4: Case-Based Design -- A study of case adaptation systems -- Applying formal methods to case based design aids -- Designing nutritional menus using case-based and rule-based reasoning -- 5: Reuse of Designs -- On design formalization and retrieval of reuse candidates -- Design rationale and design patterns in reusable software design -- Constraint-based retrieval of engineering design cases -- 6: Grammars in Design -- A networks approach for representation and evolution of shape grammars -- Variable-complexity evolution of shape grammars for engineering design -- Grammars for machine design -- 7: Design Spaces -- Design sheet: A system for exploring design space -- Using modeling knowledge to guide design space search -- Explanatory interface in interactive design environments -- 8: Learning in Design -- Learning by single function agents during spring design -- A machine learning approach to design automated classification, association and retrieval -- Learning to choose a reformulation for numerical optimization of engineering design -- 9: Distributed Design -- Virtual building site: Supporting building design by multiple methods in FABEL -- A mobile-agent oriented approach to a distributed design support system -- VisionManager: A computer environment for design evolution capture -- 10: Rules, Models and Theories in Design -- Elicitation of rules for graphic design evaluation -- A model-based tool for finding faults in hardware designs -- On knowledge level theories of design process -- 11: Conceptual Design -- A representation scheme to support conceptual design of mechatronic systems -- Generating conceptual solutions on FuncSION: Evolution of a functional synthesiser -- Adopting a minimum commitment principle for computer aided geometric design systems -- 12: Spatial and Layout Planning in Design -- The generation of form using an evolutionary approach -- Evolutionary layout design -- DOM-ARCADE: Assistance services for construction, evaluation, and adaptation of design layouts -- 13: Creativity and Innovation in Design -- Emergent behaviour in co-evolutionary design -- Innovative design based on sharable physical knowledge -- Assisting creativity by composite representation -- Skeleton-based techniques for the creative synthesis of structural shapes -- First author electronic addresses -- Author index.