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Title:
Formal engineering design synthesis
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Pr., 2001
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9780521017756

9780521792479
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This digitally printed first paperback version 2005
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The development of a new design is often thought of as a fundamentally human, creative act. However, emerging research has demonstrated that aspects of design synthesis can be formalized. First steps in this direction were taken in the early 1960s when systematic techniques were introduced to guide engineers in producing high-quality designs. By the mid-1980s these methods had evolved from their informal (guideline-like) origins to more formal (computable) methods. In recent years, highly automated design synthesis techniques have emerged. This intriguing book reviews formal design synthesis methods. It also provides an in-depth exploration of several representative projects in formal design synthesis and examines future directions in computational design synthesis research. Written by internationally renowned experts in engineering and architectural design, it covers essential topics in engineering design, and will appeal to designers, researchers and engineering graduate students.


Table of Contents

Lionel MarchWilliam J. MitchellGeorge StinyJonathan CaganPanos Y. Papalambros and Kristina SheaErik K. AntonssonKristin L. Wood and James L. GreerThomas F. StahovichCin-Young Lee and Lin Ma and Erik K. AntonssonJ. Michael McCarthy and Leo JoskowiczScott D. Barnicki and Jeffrey J. SiirolaGeorges G. E. Gielen and Rob A. RutenbarAllen C. WardJonathan Cagan and Kenneth Kotovsky and Herbert A. Simon
Contributing Authorsp. ix
Forewordp. xi
Prefacep. xv
Introductionp. xvii
1 Vitruvius Reduxp. 1
2 How to Calculate with Shapesp. 20
3 Engineering Shape Grammarsp. 65
4 Creating Structural Configurationsp. 93
5 Microsystem Design Synthesisp. 126
6 Function-Based Synthesis Methods in Engineering Designp. 170
7 Artificial Intelligence for Designp. 228
8 Evolutionary and Adaptive Synthesis Methodsp. 270
9 Kinematic Synthesisp. 321
10 Systematic Chemical Process Synthesisp. 362
11 Synthesis of Analog and Mixed-Signal Integrated Electronic Circuitsp. 391
12 Mechanical Design Compilersp. 428
13 Scientific Discovery and Inventive Engineering Designp. 442
Indexp. 467