Basic Layout Design with Multiple-Layered Decision Making and Transit Evaluation

Abstract

Summary In the design procedure, mature designers always analyze and synthesize various requirements and conduct necessary information processing so as to nave the most suitable result. In order to rationally automatize such a synthetic procedure, it is necessary to effectively transplant the information processing function of the designer into a computer system. Thus, in this paper, a novel decision making methodology has been proposed to establish a future intelligent CAD system for the basic layout. The proposed methodology is based on the multiple-layered decision making with the transit evaluation function, and its validity has also been verified through case studies on the design of a main spindle system in machine tools.