Application of CBR approach for electrical equipment layout design

In this study, we developed a prototype system for electrical equipment layout design. In order to acquire the appropriate layout design plans, we utilized the case-based reasoning (CBR) approach. Our prototype system consists of 6 executive modules: (1) Problem analysis module, (2) Case retrieval module, (3) Draft layout design module, (4) Design plan evaluation module, (5) Data operation module, (6) Database that includes past layout designs. We applied the fuzzy theory to evaluate layout design plans in the design plan evaluation module. This paper describes the basic structure and functions of the developed prototype system and some application results