EVEXED and MEET for mechanical design: Testing structural decomposition and constraint propagation

Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 37-56

  Steinberg, L ^a   Langrana, N ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DESIGN AIDS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING;

CONSTRAINT PROPAGATION; DOMAIN INDEPENDENT SHELL; MECHANICAL DESIGN SYSTEM; MULTIPLE TASKS; STRUCTURAL DECOMPOSITION;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030196599     PISSN: 00043702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0004-3702(95)00093-3     Document Type: Article

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