Guiding functional design of mechanical products through rule-based causal behavioural reasoning

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 667-682

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

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MACHINE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CAUSAL BEHAVIOURAL REASONING; FUNCTIONAL DESIGN; RULE BASED BEHAVIOURAL REPRESENTATION;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 0037085131     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540110090957     Document Type: Article

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