Toward Improved Models of Mechanical Design Methology
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The goal of this research is to improve our understanding of the                process of mechanical design.  This understanding will improve future           computer-aided design tools.  The method for gaining this understanding         will be to perform an experiment in which designers are given carefully         constructed problems and to study their protocols for creating a design         from specifications to implementation.  Using existing models from the          field of artificial intelligence, the protocols will be formalized.  A          major effort of this research project will be directed toward                   developing a formal language for stating specifications, a formal               language for describing artifacts (objects, processes, or systems), a           system for qualitative simulation and constraint propagation, and an            intelligent database system to support design.  A breakthrough in any           of these areas would be a major advance for design theory.
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