Computer-based design synthesis research: An overview

Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Chakrabarti, Amaresh ^a   Shea, Kristina ^b   Stone, Robert ^c   Cagan, Jonathan ^d   Campbell, Matthew ^e   Hernandez, Noe Vargas ^f   Wood, Kristin L ^e  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Oregon State University   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^f 500 W University Avenue   (United States)

Author keywords

analogy; biomimetics; grammars; optimization; search; synthesis

Indexed keywords

ANALOGY; COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN SYNTHESIS; DESIGN SOLUTIONS; DESIGN SYNTHESIS; DESIGN TASKS; ENGINEERING DESIGN; GRAMMARS; SEARCH;

BIOMIMETICS;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 79959492743     PISSN: 15309827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3593409     Document Type: Review

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