Information Management for Engineering Design
Computer-aided design syst,ems have become a big business. Advances in technology have made it commercially feasible to place a powerful engineering workstation on every designer's desk. A major selling point for these workstations is the computer aided design software they provide, rather tha...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
1985, 1985
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1985 |
| Series: | Surveys in Computer Science
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Computer-Aided Design Tools and Systems
- 1.1 What is Design?
- 1.2 What is Computer-Aided Design?
- 1.3 Computer-Aided Design Tools
- 1.4 The Design of Complex Artifacts
- 1.5 Failure of Current CAD Systems
- 1.6 Structure of the Book
- 2 Survey of Engineering Design Applications
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Basic Terms
- 2.3 Kinds of Engineering Design Applications
- 2.4 Requirements for Engineering Data Management
- 2.5 Why Commercial Databases are NOT like Design Databases
- 2.6 Previous Approaches for Design Data Management
- 3 Design Data Structure
- 3.1 Example: The Representation Types of a VLSI Circuit Design
- 3.2 Design Data Models
- 3.3 Summary
- 4 The Object Model
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 What are Design Objects?
- 4.3 Interfaces: How to Use a Cell Without the Details?
- 4.4 Composition and Interface
- 4.5 Complete Example of Object Specification
- 4.6 Objects Implemented as Structured Files
- 5 Design Transaction Management
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Design Computing Environment: Implications for Data Management
- 5.3 Conventional Transactions in the Design Environment
- 5.4 Concurrency Control Issues
- 5.5 Recovery Issues
- 5.6 Design Transaction Model
- 5.7 Extensions to the Transaction Model
- 5.8 Related Work
- 6 Design Management System Architecture
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 System Architecture
- 7 Conclusions
- 7.1 Research Directions
- 7.2 Summary
- 8 Annotated Bibliography