This thesis presents a methodological framework which integrates the knowledge acquisition and knowledge representation procedure to acquire knowledge of design. In previous studies, knowledge acquisition is identified as bottleneck and time-consuming process in expert system. During the study, several problems to convert knowledge from expert to the production rules are faced. The significant approaches developed are based on an experimental design and statistical background and they are applied to specific case studies, providing highly accurate results.
The objective of this thesis corresponds to an important part of knowledge acquisition aiming to the transform procedural knowledge into accessible rules form. Study case is applied in green building field especially in greenery design. The result proved that the finding methodology framework has an ability to overcome the limitation in previous study. The design of methodological framework together with their expected use in the future, are important elements related to the development of procedural rules using for design.
Due to the rapid development of knowledge in design, the framework should be extended to maintain the knowledge up-to date. The framework is only available for the same type of acquired knowledge.

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