Presidential Young Investigator Award: Design Optimization and Decision Analysis

有必要发展计算辅助设计，使工程师能够超越目前使用的效率低下的启发式设计程序的自动化。本研究将探讨一个模型的发展，其中包括规范性以及描述性决策技术。客观考虑和主观考虑之间有明确的区别，并以适当的方式处理每一种考虑。规则中包含的主观判断和假设可能不适用于一组特定的决策者或情况，因此将与客观判断分开，从而避免满足不必要的限制。其结果将是解决以前难以解决的问题的能力，并为当前的设计问题创造出大大改进的解决方案。

There is a need for the development of computational aids to design which permit engineers to progress beyond the automation of inefficient heuristic design procedures currently in use. This research will investigate the development of a model which includes normative as well as descriptive decision making techniques. A clear distinction is made between objective and subjective considerations, and each is dealt with in an appropriate manner. Subjective judgments and assumptions embodied in the rules, but which may not be applicable to a particular set of decision makers or situations, will be separated from the objective judgments, preventing unnecessary constraints from being met. The result will be the capability to tackle previously inextricable problems, and to create vastly improved solutions to current design problems.