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Design of even simple devices requires decision making based on incomplete and conflicting information. Decisions made early in the design process, when the information is the least refined, can have far reaching consequences as the device matures. To date, there have been few methods to help engineers make these critical decisions. In this paper, a new method, called the Engineering Decision Support System, EDSS, will be described1. The method has been programmed on a PC Windows system that is still in development.
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Ullman, D.G., Herling, D. (1996). Computer Support for Design Team Decisions. In: Sharpe, J.E.E. (eds) AI System Support for Conceptual Design. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1475-8_21
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