A knowledge-based systems engineering tool for global design tradeoffs

Author

Gillam, April

Author_Institution

The Aerospace Corp., USA

fYear

1993

Firstpage

252

Lastpage

258

Abstract

Exploring tradeoffs is the main activity in design. Therefore, a design environment must assist designers in building software models that can be used in tradeoff studies. The importance of integrating models, providing communication among sets of models, and verifying the correctness and scope of the models are described. The VEHICLES design environment, which is built to support the design of space systems and exemplifies a knowledge-based approach to satisfying these requirements on a design environment, is presented

Keywords

aerospace expert systems; aerospace industry; intelligent design assistants; software tools; systems engineering; VEHICLES design environment; correctness verification; design environment; global design tradeoffs; knowledge-based approach; knowledge-based systems engineering tool; software models; space systems; Aerospace engineering; Computer architecture; Design engineering; Knowledge based systems; Knowledge engineering; Performance analysis; Satellites; Space vehicles; Systems engineering and theory; Vehicle driving;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

AI, Simulation, and Planning in High Autonomy Systems, 1993. Integrating Virtual Reality and Model-Based Environments. Proceedings. Fourth Annual Conference

Conference_Location

Tucson, AZ

Print_ISBN

0-8186-4020-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AIHAS.1993.410603

Filename

410603