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XUE Deyi
YANG Haoguang
TU Yiliu
Department of Mechanical and
Manufacturing
Engineering,
University of Calgary,
Calgary T2N 1N4, Canada |
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MULTI-WORLD MECHANISM FOR
MODELING EVOLUTIONARY DESIGN
PROCESS FROM CONCEPTUAL
DESIGN TO DETAILED DESIGN*
Abstract:
A multi-world mechanism is developed for modeling evolutionary design process from conceptual design to detailed design. In this mechanism, the evolutionary design database is represented by a sequence of worlds corresponding to the design descriptions at different design stages. In each world, only the differences with its ancestor world are recorded. When the design descriptions in one world are changed, these changes are then propagated to its descendant worlds automatically. Case study is conducted to show the effectiveness of this evolutionary design database model.
Key words:
Design database Design process Design evolution |