On estimating the feasible solution space of design

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 649-655

  Yao, Zhihui ^a   Johnson, Aylmer L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constraint propagation; Design constraints; Feasible solution space

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONSTRAINT THEORY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CONSTRAINT PROPAGATION;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 0031234198     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4485(97)00009-2     Document Type: Article

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