Using constraint satisfaction for designing mechanical systems

@article{Yvars2008UsingCS,
  title={Using constraint satisfaction for designing mechanical systems},
  author={Pierre-Alain Yvars},
  journal={International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM)},
  year={2008},
  volume={2},
  pages={161-167},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:108881157}
}
  • P. Yvars
  • Published 8 August 2008
  • Engineering, Computer Science
  • International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM)
The model of the design space in the form of a state graph is proposed and the suitability of the constraint approach to solve the model is demonstrated to show the complementarity of CSPs with other search and solution optimisation techniques.
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