Formal Engineering Design Synthesis

by Edited by Erik K. Antonsson , Jonathan Cagan

• ISBN13: 9780521792479
• ISBN10: 0521792479
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-11-19
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The development of a new design is often thought of as a fundamentally human, creative act. However, emerging research has demonstrated that aspects of design synthesis can be formalized. First steps in this direction were taken in the early 1960s when systematic techniques were introduced to guide engineers in producing high-quality designs. By the mid-1980s these methods had evolved from their informal (guideline-like) origins to more formal (computable) methods. In recent years, highly automated design synthesis techniques have emerged. This timely book reviews the state-of-the-art in formal design synthesis methods. It also provides an in-depth exploration of several representative projects in formal design synthesis and examines future directions in computational design synthesis research. Written by internationally renowned experts in engineering and architectural design, it covers topics at the cutting edge of engineering design, and will appeal to designers, researchers and engineering graduate students.

Table of Contents

Contributing Authors	ix
Foreword	xi
Lionel March
Preface	xv
Introduction	xvii
Vitruvius Redux	1	(19)
William J. Mitchell
How to Calculate with Shapes	20	(45)
George Stiny
Engineering Shape Grammars	65	(28)
Jonathan Cagan
Creating Structural Configurations	93	(33)
Panos Y. Papalambros
Kristina Shea
Microsystem Design Synthesis	126	(44)
Erik K. Antonsson
Function-Based Synthesis Methods in Engineering Design	170	(58)
Kristin L. Wood
James L. Greer
Artificial Intelligence for Design	228	(42)
Thomas F. Stahovich
Evolutionary and Adaptive Synthesis Methods	270	(51)
Cin-Young Lee
Lin Ma
Erik K. Antonsson
Kinematic Synthesis	321	(41)
J. Michael McCarthy
Leo Joskowicz
Systematic Chemical Process Synthesis	362	(29)
Scott D. Barnicki
Jeffrey J. Siirola
Synthesis of Analog and Mixed-Signal Integrated Electronic Circuits	391	(37)
Georges G. E. Gielen
Rob A. Rutenbar
Mechanical Design Compilers	428	(14)
Allen C. Ward
Scientific Discovery and Inventive Engineering Design	442	(25)
Jonathan Cagan
Kenneth Kotovsky
Herbert A. Simon
Index	467