Title :
A case-based reasoning system for mechanical design
Author :
Liu Jia-li ; Yan Xiang-bin ; Qi Wei ; Li Yi-jun
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Manage., Harbin Inst. of Technol., Harbin
Abstract :
Mechanical design, mainly depending on the expert experience, is a complicated, uncertain and unstructured activity. Although mechanical products can be designed by skilled designers, the design process is still time-consuming and experience-dependent. To solve this problem, this paper develops a system applying case-based reasoning (CBR) methodology to support mechanical design process. In the CBR system, the case-base is divided into two parts, one is standard case-base and the other is design case-base, which can improve the matching efficiency of the standardization parts. A retrieval algorithm integrated with the clustering technique is proposed to locate the similar cases in the case-base. In addition, a test case-base is proposed to illustrate the feasibility of the CBR system.
Keywords :
CAD; case-based reasoning; mechanical engineering computing; mechanical products; product design; case-based reasoning system; clustering technique; design process; mechanical design; mechanical products; retrieval algorithm; Algorithm design and analysis; Clustering algorithms; Conference management; Decision support systems; Engineering management; Machinery; Mechanical products; Process design; Product design; Technology management; case-based reasoning; clustering algorithm; mechanical design; retrieval mechanism;
Conference_Titel :
Management Science and Engineering, 2008. ICMSE 2008. 15th Annual Conference Proceedings., International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2387-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2388-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICMSE.2008.4668973
