Quantitative Inference in a Mechanical Design Compiler
This paper presents the ideas underlying a program that takes as input a schematic of a mechanical or hydraulic power transmission system, plus specifications and a utility function, and returns catalog numbers from predefined catalogs for the optimal selection of components implementing the d...
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| author | Ward, Allen C. Seering, Warren |
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| description | This paper presents the ideas underlying a program that takes as input a schematic of a mechanical or hydraulic power transmission system, plus specifications and a utility function, and returns catalog numbers from predefined catalogs for the optimal selection of components implementing the design. It thus provides the designer with a high level "language" in which to compose new designs, then performs some of the detailed design process for him. The program is based on a formalization of quantitative inferences about hierarchically organized sets of artifacts and operating conditions, which allows design compilation without the exhaustive enumeration of alternatives. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/66912019-04-12T08:31:49Z Quantitative Inference in a Mechanical Design Compiler Ward, Allen C. Seering, Warren This paper presents the ideas underlying a program that takes as input a schematic of a mechanical or hydraulic power transmission system, plus specifications and a utility function, and returns catalog numbers from predefined catalogs for the optimal selection of components implementing the design. It thus provides the designer with a high level "language" in which to compose new designs, then performs some of the detailed design process for him. The program is based on a formalization of quantitative inferences about hierarchically organized sets of artifacts and operating conditions, which allows design compilation without the exhaustive enumeration of alternatives. 2004-10-08T20:38:02Z 2004-10-08T20:38:02Z 1989-01-01 AIM-1062 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/6691 en_US AIM-1062 2693438 bytes 1029854 bytes application/postscript application/pdf application/postscript application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Ward, Allen C. Seering, Warren Quantitative Inference in a Mechanical Design Compiler |
| title | Quantitative Inference in a Mechanical Design Compiler |
| title_full | Quantitative Inference in a Mechanical Design Compiler |
| title_fullStr | Quantitative Inference in a Mechanical Design Compiler |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quantitative Inference in a Mechanical Design Compiler |
| title_short | Quantitative Inference in a Mechanical Design Compiler |
| title_sort | quantitative inference in a mechanical design compiler |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/6691 |
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