A heuristic state-space approach to the functional design of mechanical systems

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 235-244

  Zhang, W Y ^a   Tor, S B ^a   Britton, G A ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Automated design; Functional design; Functional reasoning; Fuzzy multicriteria decision making; Heuristic search; Knowledge based

Indexed keywords

FUZZY SETS; HEURISTIC METHODS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION;

MECHANICAL SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 0036220484     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001700200029     Document Type: Article

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