Abstract
For some projects an appropriate optimal design strategy is to minimise functional clashes by dealing first with the most highly interacting design requirements. A graph is formed from a list of requirements and the links between them. Graph theory algorithms are given for reducing the graph to a set of clusters, then reassembling them in hierarchical order as a guide for design. Examples are given for layout generation, and an extension is proposed for general systems.
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Elms, D.G. (1992). Network Structuring Algorithms. In: Topping, B.H.V. (eds) Optimization and Artificial Intelligence in Civil and Structural Engineering. NATO ASI Series, vol 221. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2490-6_4
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