Description: This collection of review articles by active researchers on mechanical design presents an overview of the current state of the art in the field and provides the reader understanding of both the theory and applications of current work in process and product design. Reflecting the almost revolutionary developments in engineering design over the last decade, the contributions to this volume make use of insights from such fields as artificial intelligence, concurrent design, computer science, and psychology. The contributions span the full range of concern of mechanical design: from theory to applications, from processes and products to information flow, from individual to group design, from representation of knowledge domains to general analogic reasoning, and from single-concept design to life-cycle design and issues of quality. Each chapter is by an active researcher who has contributed to the theory or methodology of mechanical design. The chapters are all self-contained and can be read independently from the others; selections of chapters can thus be used in teaching a course on integrated product design.

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