The present paper surveys the application of soft computing (SC) techniques in engineering
design. Within this context, fuzzy logic (FL), genetic algorithms (GA) and artificial neural …

Many engineering design applications require geometric modeling and mechanical
simulation of thin flexible structures, such as those found in the automotive and aerospace …

At each stage of the product development process, the designers are facing an important
task which consists of decision making. Two cases are observed: the problem of concept …

Microstructure evolution of ceria-based mixed oxides CeO2− MO2 (M= Si4+, Ti4+, and Zr4+)
after thermal treatments in the temperature range of 773− 1073 K were investigated by X-ray …

As humanity has developed increasingly ingenious and complicated systems, it has not
been able to accurately predict the performance, development time, reliability, or cost of …

Scale-based product platform design consists of platform configuration to decide which
variables are shared among which product variants, and selection of the optimal values for …

This paper describes an interactive evolutionary approach to synthesize component-based
preliminary engineering design problems. This approach is intended to address preliminary …

Multi-criteria decision support methods are common in engineering design. These methods
typically rely on the specification of importance weights to accomplish trade-offs among …

This work is motivated from set-based concurrent engineering (SBCE) paradigm. In contrast
to the traditional design practice, SBCE considers a broader range of design possibilities (ie …

The development of product families, groups of products that share a common platform, is
one way to provide product variety while keeping design and production costs low. The …