Research Initiation:  Integration of Utility Analysis and   Rule Based Computer Aids to Design
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The objective of this project is to develop and integrate a                decision analysis tool based on with artificial intelligence                    methodology which will facilitate optimal design at the initial                 concept stage.  A methodology is planned which facilitates the                  incorporation of multiattribute utility analysis, a decision                    analysis tool, into other computer aids for the design of                       complex, engineered systems at the most basic level.  The goal is               multiattribute utility analysis of materials selection decisions                in complex structural systems.                                                       The approach is to divide the system into subsystems,  each                consisting of individual components delineated on the  basis of                 functional performance requirements.  Multiattribute  utility                   functions are assessed for each subsystem, and used in                          the design of each subsystem.  A method for combining these                     utility functions to provide one expression for the overall                     utility of the entire system is presented.  The result will be a                tool with which to evaluate completed alternative designs and                   quantify tradeoffs which provide direction to design                            modifications, and the development of more efficient design                     concepts.
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