Case Based Reasoning for Design Composition in Architecture

ii iii iv Acknowledgement In the name of GOD, the merciful, the beneficent Thanks for God “Allah ” who blessed me with the ability to finish this thesis and granted me success in this long-time endeavor “Alhamdullelah”. I would like to dedicate my thesis to my father, who passed away waiting for this achievement, and to my mother, who encouraged me all these years. I would like also to thank my brothers and sisters for the inspiration they provided me. I would like to express the most sincere gratitude to my chair advisor, Prof. Susan Finger for believing in me and my work, and sharing with the times of struggle, and guiding me throughout this endeavor. Also my gratitude is for another wonderful advisor Prof. Mark Gross who provided me with a wealth of knowledge and guidance particularly at the last months of this research. Also, I would like to express special thanks to the third member of my advising committee Mr. Jim Secosky, for his practical and to-the-point advice on many issues in this research. I would like also to thank Prof. Ulrich Flemming for his valuable advice through out the time of this work, and I wish him happy retirement. I cannot explicit the feeling of deep appreciating to my wonderful wife and best friend Inna, whose love, support and encouragement, and sharing my struggle made my dream come true. I also devote this success to my lovely daughter Oksana, who by doing her “ABC’s homework ” kept encouraging me to do mine. My deepest gratitude is for two other great friends, the first is for Ahmed Zakaria, who gave me support and encouragement in the hardiest days. And the second is for Linda McFadden, who was my strongest supporter in the whole course of my studying in the USA. She is an example of the great people of this country