The research field of Computational Design Synthesis (CDS) aims to support product development through formalization and automation of knowledge-intensive design tasks, e. g., to increase development efficiency and innovative power. However, CDS still has little acceptance in industry primarily due to the high effort required for knowledge and task formalization. To address this challenge, the thesis introduces object-oriented graph grammars combining rule- and model-based knowledge formalization to enable the generation of complex, graph-based product architectures. Further, a method for the automated formalization of physical effects from paper-based design catalogues is presented. The methods are validated on two case studies for the synthesis of automotive hybrid powertrains and aircraft cabin layouts using the developed software framework booggie.
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The research field of Computational Design Synthesis (CDS) aims to support product development through formalization and automation of knowledge-intensive design tasks, e. g., to increase development efficiency and innovative power. However, CDS still has little acceptance in industry primarily due to the high effort required for knowledge and task formalization. To address this challenge, the thesis introduces object-oriented graph grammars combining rule- and model-based knowledge formalizatio...
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