automatethelayoutdesignofplasticinjectionmouldcoolingsystem.Researchershavestartedtoadoptaknowledge-basedapproachtosolvetheinjectionmouldingandmoulddesignproblemsinrecentyears.DTMOULD-1[14]isaKBSforofinjectionmouldscostestimation.EIMPPLAN-1[15]incorporatedmouldabilityconsiderationsintopartdesignsandaddressedtheconceptualdesigndevelopmentofinjection-mouldedparts.CADFEED[16]wasdevelopedforinjectionmoulddesign.Theyare,however,limitedtospecificdesignareasorsimpleparts,andarenotmatureandpracticalenoughtocovergeneralmoulddesign.BozdanaandEyercioglu[17]developedanexpertsystemforthedeterminationofinjectionmouldingparametersofthermoplasticmaterials.al.[18]presentedthebasicstructureofaCADknowledge-basedassistedinjectionmoulddesignsystemwhichcoversboththemoulddesignprocessandmouldknowledgemanagement.