Computational intelligence in product design engineering: Review and trends

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part C: Applications and Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 766-778

  Kusiak, Andrew ^a   Salustri, Filippo A ^b  

^a IA United States   (United States)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computational intelligence (CI); Decision making; Design automation; Engineering design; Product engineering

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; TAXONOMIES;

DESIGN AUTOMATION; PRODUCT DESIGN ENGINEERING;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 34548291502     PISSN: 10946977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCC.2007.900669     Document Type: Review

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