RATIONALE

"Birmingham, MICON/M1"

A. P. Gupta, W. P. Birmingham & D. P. Siewiorek, Automating the Design
of Computer Systems. IEEE Trans. on Computer-Aided Design of
Integrated Circuits and Systems, Vol. 12, No. 4, April 1993,
pp. 473-487. 



The MICON system configures small computers.  It uses many of the
concepts about configuration already introduced, but adds the idea
that logical configuration (i.e., the components and their
connections) can be done at the same time as physical configuration
(i.e., how things will actually be laid out in space), using
templates.  Look for function-subfunction hierarchies, and an AND/OR
organization.