A graph and matrix representation scheme for functional design of mechanical products

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 221-232

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

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Behavioral reasoning; Functional design; Functional modeling; Functional reasoning; Graph theory; Matrix based representation

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; FUNCTIONS; GRAPH THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA;

BEHAVIORAL REASONING; FUNCTIONAL DESIGN; FUNCTIONAL MODELING; FUNCTIONAL REASONING; MATRIX BASED REPRESENTATION;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 13744250468     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-003-1827-3     Document Type: Article

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