CADET: A software support tool for constraint processes in embodiment design

Research in Engineering Design - Theory, Applications, and Concurrent Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-13

  Thornton, Anna C ^a   Johnson, Aylmer L ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constraint based design; Embodiment design; Genetic algorithms; Product models; Simulated annealing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; SIMULATED ANNEALING; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; SPECIFICATIONS;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN EMBODIMENT TOOL; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; CONSTRAINT BASED DESIGN; DESIGN FOR ENVIRONMENT; DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURING; EMBODIMENT DESIGN; PRODUCT MODEL;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0029697079     PISSN: 09349839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01616553     Document Type: Article

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