DREAMS and IMAGE: A Model and Computer Implementation for Concurrent,Life-Cycle Design of Complex Systems

Abstract

Computing architectures are being assembled that extend concurrent engineering practices by providing more efficient execution and collaboration on distributed, heterogeneous computing networks Built on the successes of Initial architectures, requirements for a next- generation design computing infrastructure can be developed These requirements concentrate on those needed by a designer in decision mak ing processes from product conception to recycling and can be categorized in two areas design process and design information management A designer both designs and executes design processes throughout design time to achieve better product and process capabilities while ex pending fewer resources In order to accomplish this, information, or more appropriately design knowledge, needs to be adequately managed during product and process decomposition as well as recomposition A foundation has been laid that captures these requirements in a design architecture called DRE AMS (Developing Robust Engineering Analysis Models and Specifications) In addition, a computing infrastructure, called IMAGE (Intelligent Multidisciplinary Aircraft Generation Environment), is being developed that satisfies design requirements defined in DREAMS and incorporates enabling computational technologies

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life cycle design decision making design processes Decision-Based Design computer architecture information database schema agent

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