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Information in the Design Process
Pages 13-16

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... IRTD provides a prescriptive methodology for transforming the design space over the course of the design process. The results of an IRTD analysis are a set of expected costs associated with the uncertainty in each design decision.
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From page 14...
... is the probability of the value of the design variable and constraint set. Given the mathematical basis for the IRTD method, one might question its usefulness in conceptual design, where analytical models often are limited to those that can be written on the "back of an envelope." Although the "envelope" in today's world of information technology is more likely to be an e-mail message, a document written on a word processor, a notation in a design database, a CAD drawing, or a sketch in a graphics program, the information in conceptual design is not likely to be in a form convenient for applying IRTD.
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... Andy Dong continued this work by developing text analysis algorithms for constructing design representations for "smart drawing" documentation and concept retrieval. Anil Varma is extending this work to include neural network approaches to automated design classification, association, and retrieval.
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... 1994. An intelligent real time design methodology for catalog selection.
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Key Terms

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  • intelligent real
  • concept database
  • objective function
  • concurrent engineering

  • database project
  • uncertain variables
  • applying irtd
  • design decision
  • automated design

  • design information
  • design methods
  • time design
  • formal design
  • design classification

  • information server
  • expected value
  • information gathering
  • constructing design
  • text analysis

  • design representations
  • wood iii
  • designers focus
  • engineering courseware
  • wood brought

  • include neural
  • prototype designs
  • berkeley concept
  • design concepts
  • strategic importance


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