支持创新概念设计的多Agent系统

A Multi-agent System to Support Creative Conceptual Design

概念设计在产品开发过程中起着重要作用。针对概念设计的独特性,分析了支持创新概念设计系统的关键技术,利用多Agent系统的结构特征,以基于树结构的遗传算法作为创新支持,给出了一个支撑环境,该环境为设计人员的协作以及资源共享提供了支撑框架;文中还详细描述了环境中各模块的功能和组成,并给出了相应模块的数学模型。

Product design is an iterative, complex, decision-making engineering process, especially in the conceptual design stage where creativity plays an important role. This paper describes an experimental multi-agent system developed for supporting creative and collaborative conceptual design. First, this paper characterizes the pivotal techniques within conceptual design, then presents a multi-agent collaborative design system and shows the design flowchart involved in this environment. Next, the paper describes the optimization model in task decomposition agent, assembly agent, and the structure in design agent and, more essentially, detail the learning tactics within the system. At last, the paper shows the whole design process using this multi-agent environment by a concrete design example of vase.