Toward Improved Models of Mechanical Design Methology

走向改进的机械设计方法模型

• 批准号: 8514949
• 负责人: David Ullman
• 金额: $ 31.04万
• 依托单位: Oregon State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1985
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1985-09-01 至 1988-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8514949&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Toward; Improved; Models; Mechanical; Design

The goal of this research is to improve our understanding of the process of mechanical design. This understanding will improve future computer-aided design tools. The method for gaining this understanding will be to perform an experiment in which designers are given carefully constructed problems and to study their protocols for creating a design from specifications to implementation. Using existing models from the field of artificial intelligence, the protocols will be formalized. A major effort of this research project will be directed toward developing a formal language for stating specifications, a formal language for describing artifacts (objects, processes, or systems), a system for qualitative simulation and constraint propagation, and an intelligent database system to support design. A breakthrough in any of these areas would be a major advance for design theory.

这项研究的目的是提高我们对机械设计过程的理解。 这种理解将改进未来的计算机辅助设计工具。 获得这种理解的方法是进行一项实验，在实验中向设计人员提出精心构建的问题，并研究他们用于创建从规范到实现的设计的协议。 使用人工智能领域的现有模型，协议将被形式化。 该研究项目的主要工作将是开发一种用于说明规范的形式化语言、一种用于描述工件（对象、过程或系统）的形式化语言、一个用于定性模拟和约束传播的系统以及一个支持设计的智能数据库系统。 这些领域中任何一个的突破都将是设计理论的重大进步。