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Constraints in the context of design synthesis represent various bounds on acceptable technical systems. In early design stages, constraints must be carefully managed in order to keep synthesis on the right track. This paper presents a new constraints management model which is developed based on a domain-independent synthesis reasoning framework. Within the proposed model, design constraints are classified into four types: internal input constraint, external input constraint, internal system constraint, and external system constraint. For each type of design constraints, the model prescribes a respective management strategy.
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Lu, S.CY., Liu, A. (2013). Managing Design Constraints in Synthesis Reasoning. In: Chakrabarti, A. (eds) CIRP Design 2012. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4507-3_8
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