An optimization design system with hybrid intelligence

How to use various kinds of intelligent technology to find an optimal product design scheme is very important in today´s highly competitive marketplace. Based on the analyzing and summarizing of current intelligent design methods, an optimization design system with hybrid intelligence, which integrates human intelligence with machine intelligence was explored. Intelligent tools such as genetic algorithm (GA) and case-based reasoning (CBR), were used to find a feasible and optimal solution quickly in a large design space. The way to combine the designer´s intelligence during the whole automatic optimization searching process was described. The optimization design system not only integrates the intelligence of design examples, experts, designers and computer, but also supports the designers to utilize all the knowledge resources to design. Finally, a case study is used to specify the implementation procedure of this method.