Methodology of Intelligent Computer-Aided Design and its Applications to DC/AC Electronics

该工程启动奖的主要目标是开发一种通用方法，通过该方法，计算机可以根据基本原理、专家知识和实际性能评估标准自主生成针对特定应用的优化设计。本研究的基本假设是，设计过程的某些方面可以重新塑造成一个有效的、系统的和自动化的搜索过程。其基本机制是提出的“思考-寻找-检查”方案。为了实现这一目标，需要开发一个专家系统来测试该方法。专家设计系统的领域将是直流/交流电子电路。所提出的设计系统具有产生可能与人类直觉相反的创新设计的潜力。这种方法还将有助于开发需要多个领域知识的设计，并允许对新技术进行评估。该方法也可以扩展，以发展创新的分析技术。

The primary objective of this Engineering Initiation Award is to develop a general methodology by which an optimized design for a particular application can be generated autonomously by a computer based on basic principles, experts' knowledge, and practical performance evaluation criteria. The underlying hypothesis of this research is that some aspects of the design process can be recast into an efficient, systematic, and automated search process. The basic mechanism is the proposed THINK-SEEK-EXAMINE scheme. To accomplish this objective requires that an expert system be developed to test the methodology. The domain of the expert design system will be DC/AC electronic circuits. The proposed design systems has the potential to produce innovative designs that may be contrary to human intuition. This methodology will also enable the development of designs that require knowledge in more than one field and will allow for the evaluation of new technologies. The methodology may also be extended for the development of innovative analytical techniques.