Design Systems in Practice and Education
This short written contribution is structured in a way which is intended to promote discussion. It deals in turn with: 1) the area of competence of the author ii) the concepts underlying ABACUS software iii) experience gained from its application iv) considerations for the future. A fuller discussion is given in the Chapter "The Impact of Computer-Based Models on Design Decision-Making" in Rebuild (Ed. Derricott and Chissik, John Wiley).