An Investigation on the Interdisciplinary Aspects of Electrical Engineering Design

本研究的重点是电气工程设计的跨学科方面。在电气工程的许多子领域中，数以百万计的产品被设计成不同的设计重点。一个子领域中设计方法的进步通常会激发其他子领域中类似的进步。最初，研究将局限于电机、滤波器和控制系统的领域。该计划是基于现有的方法：层次分解、系统和组件建模、参数优化、单单元分析、设计标准化、性能和成本效益分析、模糊集理论和基于知识的系统，创建一个多回路反馈设计方法（MFDA）。该研究将导致通用MFDA的制定，并将研究整体设计优化过程，重点是对最优设计的二分类特性和反馈过程的收敛性。MFDA将针对每个子领域的现有设计方法进行测试。最终目标是建立一个基于MFDA的交互式设计过程，在这个过程中，计算机帮助设计师提高设计的质量。

This research focuses on interdisciplinary aspects of electrical engineering design. Within the many sub-domains in electrical engineering, millions of varieties of products are designed with widely different design emphases. Advances in design methodologies in one sub-domain often inspire similar advances in other sub-domains. Initially, the study will be confined to the domains of electrical machinery, filters, and control systems. The plan is to create a multiloop feedback design approach (MFDA) based on existing methodologies: hierarchical decomposition, system and components modeling, parameter optimization, per-unit analysis, design standardization, performance and cost-effective analysis, fuzzy set theory, and knowledge based systems. The research will result in the formulation of a common MFDA and will investigate the overall design optimization process with emphasis on the dichotomy property and convergence of the feedback process to an optimum design. The MFDA will be tested against existing design methods in each sub-domain. The ultimate goal is the formulation of an interactive design process, based on the MFDA, in which the computer assists a designer to improve the quality of the designs.