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Poly-optimization: a paradigm in engineering design in mechatronics

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The paper deals with the Engineering Design that is a general methodology of a design process. It is assumed that a designer has to solve a design task as an inverse problem in an iterative way. After each iteration, a decision should be taken on the information that is called a centre of integration in a systematic design system. For this purpose, poly-optimal solutions may be used. The poly-optimization is presented and contrasted against the Multi Attribute Decision Making, and a set of the poly-optimal solutions is defined. Then Mechatronics is defined and its characteristics given, to prove that mechatronic design process vitally needs CAD tools. Three examples are quoted to demonstrate a key role of the poly-optimization in the mechatronic design.

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  1. Department of Control and Driving Systems, Institute of Mechatronics, Nanotechnology and Vacuum Technique, Koszalin University of Technology, Raclawicka 15-17, 75-256, Koszalin, Poland

    Wojciech Tarnowski

  2. Department of Mechatronics and Applied Mechanics, Institute of Mechatronics, Nanotechnology and Vacuum Technique, Koszalin University of Technology, Raclawicka 15-17, 75-256, Koszalin, Poland

    Tomasz Krzyzynski, Igor Maciejewski & Robert Oleskiewicz

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Tarnowski, W., Krzyzynski, T., Maciejewski, I. et al. Poly-optimization: a paradigm in engineering design in mechatronics. Arch Appl Mech 81, 141–156 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00419-009-0402-2

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