A computational framework for semantically rich design problems based on the theory of affordances and exemplar technology

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

Volumn DS 42, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Maier, Jonathan R A ^a   Anandan, Srinivasan ^a   Bapat, Vikram ^b   Summers, Joshua D ^a   Bettig, Bernhard ^c  

^a South   (United States)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordances; Computational environment; Design exemplars; Semantics

Indexed keywords

AFFORDANCES; CAD SYSTEM; COMPUTATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS; COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK; CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION; DESIGN EXEMPLAR; DESIGN PROBLEMS; GEOMETRIC DESCRIPTION; GEOMETRIC ENTITIES; GEOMETRIC INFORMATION; INTEGRATED DESIGN ENVIRONMENTS; PROBLEM DEFINITION; PRODUCT INFORMATION; REQUIREMENTS MODELING; SEAMLESS FRAMEWORK; SEMANTIC INFORMATION; SEMANTIC RELATIONS; SEMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS; SOLID-MODELING; SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES;

CONCRETE PRODUCTS; GEOMETRY; SEMANTICS; TRACE ANALYSIS;

DESIGN;

EID: 84862604747     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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