An Intelligent Real Time Design Methodology for Catalog Selection

Abstract

Abstract An Intelligent Real Time Problem Solving (IRTPS) methodology is presented for catalog selection applications. A decision analytic approach is developed with the goal of assisting designers in making decisions during catalog selection that balance the cost of the limited resources consumed during the design process, such as the designer’s time, against the benefit to be derived from the utilization of those resources in terms of expectations of an improved design. This decision analytic approach is shown to complement other formal methods for design based on interval arithmetic and qualitative optimization, and a general methodology is proposed for performing catalog selection utilizing a combination of these methods. An example application to the selection of rolling element bearings is presented to clarify the methodology.