Abstract
Product design is a very complicated problem. Effective and efficient computerized methods are hence needed to assist human engineers in original product design and design modifications. Constraint satisfaction problem (CSP) provides the insight of problem solving. Many practical algorithms have been developed along with the exploration of CSP’s theoretical foundation. This paper applies the general CSP methods into solving product design problems. A crank-rocker mechanism is used as an example to illustrate the proposed ideas.
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This research is sponsored by Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.51075300), Research Funding from Tianjin University of Science and Technology (Grant No.20090407), and Natural Science Foundation of TianJin (Grant No. 10JCYBJC06800).
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Chen, G. (2013). Applying Constraint Satisfaction Methods in Four-Bar Linkage Design. In: Qi, E., Shen, J., Dou, R. (eds) The 19th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38391-5_20
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