This paper presents a state of the art review of existing research, projects, and applications
in the domain of collaborative conceptual design, based on the Internet and Web …

Introduction 1 Components of QFD 2 Limitations in Deploying QFD 10 Concurrent Product
Development 13 Concurrent Function Deployment 13 CFD Methodology 17 Applications of …

We introduce a new method to synthesize mechanical toys solely from the motion of their
features. The designer specifies the geometry and a time-varying rotation and translation of …

The field of computational design synthesis has been an active area of research for almost
half a century. Research advances in this field have increased the sophistication and …

Design of a new artifact begins with incomplete knowledge about the final product and the
design evolves as it progresses from the conceptual design stage to a more detailed design …

With increased pressures coming from global competition and requirements for greater
innovation in product development, designers are hard pressed to deliver designs of higher …

Conceptual design requires the evolution of modelling methodology beyond geometric and
feature modelling. The functional understanding of assemblies is a key means to this end. A …

A class of graph grammar-based design algorithms for the generation of near-optimal
machine designs is proposed. The GGREADA algorithm is implemented to design scale …

This paper presents a model for conceptual design based on an explicit behavioral
reasoning step to guide the design process. Rather than mapping directly from function to …

For several decades, a wide-spread consensus concerning the enormous importance of an
in-depth clarification of the specifications of a product has been observed. A weak …