Title :
The Qualitative Spatial Reasoning to Mechanical Configuration
Author :
Feng, Hailin ; Shao, Chenxi ; Xu, Yi
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. Sci. & Technol., Zhejiang Forestry Univ., Linan
Abstract :
A qualitative reasoning approach is used for the spatial configuration of mechanisms in conceptual design phase. The appropriate types of mechanisms are chosen firstly for a specific reasoning task. The qualitative vectors of the basic components are given to construct the complicated mechanism. Based on the qualitative sign algebra rules, the reasoning algorithm is presented to reason the spatial configuration of the selected mechanism. The static reasoning process of the mechanism structure in-side a truck is shown finally, which indicates that the qualitative reasoning can be an assistant method when the numeric information is incomplete.
Keywords :
algebra; common-sense reasoning; mechanical engineering computing; vehicle dynamics; mechanical configuration; mechanism structure; qualitative spatial reasoning; qualitative vectors; sign algebra rules; specific reasoning task; static reasoning process; Algebra; Application software; Computer science; Forestry; Fuzzy reasoning; Fuzzy systems; Information science; Physics computing; Space technology; mechanical configuration; qualitative reasoning; spatial reasoning;
Conference_Titel :
Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery, 2008. FSKD '08. Fifth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Jinan Shandong
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3305-6
DOI :
10.1109/FSKD.2008.590
