Engineering Design Synthesis: Understanding, Approaches and Tools - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1852334924 ISBN 13: 9781852334925

Publisher: Springer, 2002

Synopsis

This book is an attempt to bring together some of the most infiuential pie ces of research that collectively underpin today's understanding of what constitutes and contributes to design synthesis, and the approaches and tools for supporting this important activity. The book has three parts. Part 1 - Understanding - is intended to provide an overview of some of the major findings as to what constitutes design synthesis, and some of its major infiuencing factors. Part 2 - Approaches - provides descriptions of some of the major prescriptive approaches to design synthesis that together infiu­ enced many of the computational tools described in the final part. Part 3 - Tool- is a selection of the diverse range of computational approaches being developed to support synthesis in the major strands of synthesis research - composition, retrieval, adaptation and change. In addition, the book contains an editorial introduction to the chapters and the broader context of research it represents, and a supplementary bibliography to help locate this broader expanse of work. With the wide variety of methods and tools covered, this book is intended primarily for graduate students and researchers in product design and development; but it will also be beneficial for educators and prac­ titioners of engineering design, for whom it should act as a valuable sourcebook of ideas for teaching or enhancing design creativity.

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Engineering Design Synthesis Brings together some of the influential pieces of research undertaken around the world in design synthesis. This book covers three aspects of research in design synthesis: understanding what constitutes and influences synthesis; the major approaches to synthesis; and, the diverse range of tools that are created to support this crucial design task.

Synopsis

This book brings together some of the most influential pieces of research undertaken around the world in design synthesis. It is the first comprehensive work of this kind and covers all three aspects of research in design synthesis:- understanding what constitutes and influences synthesis;- the major approaches to synthesis;- the diverse range of tools that are created to support this crucial design task.The chapters are comprised of cutting edge research and established methods, written by the originators of this growing field of research. They cover all major generic synthesis approaches i.e., composition, retrieval, change and repair, and tackle problems that come from a wide variety of domains within architecture and engineering as well as areas of application including clocks, sensors and medical devices. The book contains an editorial introduction to the chapters and the broader context of research they represent. With its range of tools and methods covered, it is an ideal introduction to design synthesis for those intending to research in this area as well as being a valuable source of ideas for educators and practitioners of engineering design.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1852334924
• ISBN 13: 9781852334925
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 360
• Editor: Chakrabarti Amaresh