A validation study of an automated concept generator design tool

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Bryant, Cari R ^a   McAdams, Daniel A ^a,b   Stone, Robert B ^a   Kurtoglu, Tolga ^b   Campbell, Matthew I ^b  

^a University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated concept generation; Functional basis of design; Method comparison

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA ACQUISITION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; STUDENTS;

AUTOMATED CONCEPT GENERATION; CONCEPT GENERATOR; FUNCTIONAL BASIS OF DESIGN; METHOD COMPARISON;

LOGIC DESIGN;

EID: 33751342602     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2006-99489     Document Type: Conference Paper

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