Constraint-Aided Conceptual Design

There is rarely a "unique" solution to a design problem. Indeed, a multitude of solutions might well emerge and additional factors are then invoked to determine the selected design. This volume shows how powerful computational systems can be used to address these problems.

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A title in the "Engineering Research Series" Constraint-Aided Conceptual Design is concerned with that phase of product development during which the designer takes a specification for the product and generates many broad solutions to achieve the end result. This valuable book offers a computational reasoning solution based on the notion of constraint filtering as the basis of an interactive design support tool to assist a human designer working in the conceptual phase of design. Using this interactive design support tool, the designer can be assisted in developing models of proposed schemes which satisfy the various constraints that are imposed on the design.

COMPLETE CONTENTS:



Background
Theory
Implementation strategy
Illustration and validation
Conclusions
An overview of Galileo
Generic design concepts
An illustrative example
An industrial case study.