A computational team approach for large-scale design problems

大型工程设计中的一个主要挑战来自于由不同团队处理的设计子问题之间的耦合效应。 例如，在汽车设计中，底盘团队的设计决策会影响悬架团队的设计决策，反之亦然。 当一个团队无意中做出的设计决策会降低另一个团队的设计性能时，情况会变得更糟。 面对这一挑战，本研究计划打算提出一个计算团队的方法，简化的分解和协调活动，正式解决大规模的设计问题。 这个简化的过程应该有助于不同的团队协同工作，以获得最佳的设计结果。

One major challenge in large-scale engineering design stems from the coupling effect among design sub-problems that are handled by different teams. For instance, in automobile design, design decisions from a chassis team can affect design decisions from a suspension team and vice versa. Situations become even worse when one team unintentionally makes design decisions that will deteriorate the design performance of another team. Facing this challenge, this research program intends to propose a computational team approach that streamlines the decomposition and coordination activities to formally address large-scale design problems. This streamlined process should facilitate different teams to work synergistically for optimal design results.