Evaluation of a context knowledge based tool to support decision making in conceptual design

Proceedings of ICED 2007, the 16th International Conference on Engineering Design

Volumn DS 42, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Rehman, Fayyaz ^a   Yan, Xiu Tian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conceptual design; Context knowledge; Decision making

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NATURE; COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK; CONTEXT KNOWLEDGE; DESIGN CONCEPT; DESIGN CONTEXT; DESIGN PROBLEMS; DESIGN SOLUTIONS; HOLISTIC APPROACH; KNOWLEDGE BASED TOOLS; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; PRODUCT LIFE CYCLES; RESEARCH APPROACH; SCALE-UP; SOLUTION SPACE; USER SATISFACTION;

DECISION MAKING; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN;

EID: 84862590132     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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