Plan-Based Derivation of General Functional Structures in Product Design
Abstract
In product design, a decomposition of the overall product function into a set of smaller, interacting functions is usually considered a crucial first step for any computer-supported design tool. Here, we propose a new approach for the decomposition of functions especially suited for later solutions based on Artificial Intelligence. The presented approach defines the decomposition problem in terms of a planning problem--a well established field in Artificial Intelligence. For the planning problem, logic-based solvers can be used to find solutions that compute a useful function structure for the design process. Well-known function libraries from engineering are used as atomic planning steps. The algorithms are evaluated using two different application examples to ensure the transferability of a general function decomposition.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2302.04600,
title = {Plan-Based Derivation of General Functional Structures in Product Design},
author = {Philipp Rosenthal and Niels Demke and Frank Mantwill and Oliver Niggemann},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.04600},
year = {2023}
}