SYSTEMATIZATION OF DESIGN PROBLEMS BY GRAPH THEORY

DS 32: Proceedings of DESIGN 2004, the 8th International Design Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia

Year: 2004
Editor: Marjanovic D.
Author: Yoshikawa, S.; Minami, M.
Section: DESIGN INFORMATION SYSTEMS & KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
Page(s): 965 - 970

Abstract

A graph-theory-based systematization method of design problems has been proposed aiming at carrying over obtained engineering knowledge in constructions of large-scale systems. This method focuses on deriving decision making sequence in assigning values on specifications, rather than pursuing accuracy in each evaluation. A prototype software has been verified by comparing the derived decision making sequences from a set of equations among major specification parameters of a nuclear plant to an empirically built algorithm by experts. This method has a potential in handling non-quantitative specifications by automatically switching inter-dependency structure among the relevant quantitative specifications.

Keywords: plant design, bipartite graph, systematization

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