An eco-conscious housing design model based on co-evolution

  • Authors:
  • Liu Xiyu;Tang Mingxi;John Hamilton Frazer

  • Affiliations:
  • School of Information and Management, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, China and The Design Technology Research Centre, School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, K ...;The Design Technology Research Centre, School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China;The Design Technology Research Centre, School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China

  • Venue:
  • Advances in Engineering Software
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to investigate generative and evolutionary design models by the new idea of co-evolution. Multiobjective optimization is our main concern. A dynamic co-evolution model is presented with detailed description of its application in eco-conscious housing design. Area and solar constraints of housing design problems are considered with maximum architectural area and solar illumination been optimized. We use dynamic niche models based on a fitness-sharing scheme to define energy and fitness functions for the co-evolution system. Early experimental data are presented and analyzed to show the effectiveness of this approach to evolutionary design optimization and its computational implementation of the algorithms.