Modern, computer-based concurrent design requires a holistic approach that integrates the
representation, management and processing of information. Integration is possible through …

We believe that the efficiency and effectiveness of human designers can be improved by
making available tools that can be used to help negotiate solutions to open or unstructured …

The ability to utilize concurrent engineering fully as a strategy for achieving shorter time to
market, reduced development costs, and higher-quality products depends on an ability to …

Modeling of multiple objectives in a decision and multilevel decisions are important in
decision-based concurrent design. In this paper we address these twin issues in the context …

Given the initial functional specifications for a product, a designer must create the
description of a physical device that meets those requirements. The final design must …

The approach to concurrent design described in this chapter is motivated by the observation
that, despite the progress made by 'design for X'approaches, engineering designs are …

This paper presents a design model that allows concurrent engineering to be put into a
conceptual framework and suggests a design methodology for that framework Distributed …

Artificial intelligence (AI) applications to design have tended to focus on modeling and
automating aspects of single discipline design tasks. Relatively little attention has thus far …

In the future, information that is useful in the engineering design activity will be available
almost instantly to designers in quantity and quality heretofore not possible. Designers will …

Concurrent engineering is often viewed either from a technical point of view—that is, as a
problem that can be solved by creating and integrating computer-based tools—or from an …