Journal article
A Formal Approach to Specifications in Conceptual Design
Journal of mechanical design (1990), Vol.114(4), pp.659-666
12/01/1992
DOI: 10.1115/1.2917057
Abstract
In this paper, a methodology for the specification stage in conceptual design is presented. The specification stage provides requirements and transforms them into functions of the designed object. It occurs at the highest level of abstraction and it must provide enough information for the synthesis process where functions are transformed into design components that are further synthesized into the designed object. The proposed approach includes the following issues: specification of requirements, specification of functions, incorporation of logic into functional and requirement trees, representation of requirements-functions interaction, and optimization in the functional space. The methodology presented is illustrated with examples. Key words: design requirements, design specifications, conceptual design, design process, artificial intelligence, formal method
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A Formal Approach to Specifications in Conceptual Design
- Creators
- A Kusiak - Intelligent Systems Laboratory, Department of Industrial Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242E Szczerbicki - Intelligent Systems Laboratory, Department of Industrial Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of mechanical design (1990), Vol.114(4), pp.659-666
- Publisher
- ASME
- DOI
- 10.1115/1.2917057
- ISSN
- 1050-0472
- eISSN
- 1528-9001
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/01/1992
- Academic Unit
- Industrial and Systems Engineering; Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9984064203102771
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