Constructive Conceptual Design
{'Code': '07030000', 'Directorate': {'LongName': 'Directorate For Engineering'}, 'Division': {'LongName': 'Div Of Civil, Mechanical, & Manufact Inn'}}
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The research will begin by examining more than six                         existing implementations of design paradigms to isolate and                     specify the primitive design elements provided in each.  These                  sets will then be abstracted mathematically to determine their                  functional behavior.  Function in this context is defined as                    the controlled application of power.  The input/output                          characteristics produced will be proven general within a domain                 to be determined.  An algorithm will be sought for construction                 of functional topologies from functional specifications, and                    the problem of mapping the elements of such functional                          topologies onto real design components will be considered.                      Several large ancillary problems will be approached, including                  the potentials for domain-independent automatic design.  The                    goal is a method for rigorously examining functional design,                    providing an underlying basis for application of existing                       abstract theories of design.  Such a basis will have the                        benefit of theoretical soundness, free from the ad hoc                          empiricism of existing approaches.  A basis for writing and                     proving theorems in and about design and designs will be                        formed.
{'FirstName': 'Dean', 'LastName': 'Taylor', 'EmailAddress': 'taylor@theory.tc.cornell.edu', 'StartDate': '08/15/1988', 'EndDate': None, 'RoleCode': 'Principal Investigator'}
{'Name': 'Cornell University', 'CityName': 'Ithaca', 'ZipCode': '148502820', 'PhoneNumber': '6072555014', 'StreetAddress': '373 Pine Tree Road', 'CountryName': 'United States', 'StateName': 'New York', 'StateCode': 'NY'}
{'Code': '1464', 'Text': 'ENGINEERING DESIGN AND INNOVAT'}
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