A SYSTEM, A METHOD AND A COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR CONFIGURING AT LEAST ONE PRODUCT OVER A COMPUTER NETWORK

摘要

THE PRESENT INVENTION PROVIDES A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR CONFIGURING AT LEAST ONE PRODUCT OVER A COMPUTER NETWORK. THE SYSTEM (100) COMPRISES A FUNCTIONAL MODEL MODULE (10), A CONCEPT GENERATION MODULE (20), A CONCEPT COMBINATION MODULE (30) AND A CONCEPT EVALUATION MODULE (40). THE METHOD FOR CONFIGURING AT LEAST ONE PRODUCT COMPRISES THE STEPS OF DESCRIBING A DESIGN PROBLEM IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL FUNCTION FROM REQUIREMENT LISTS OR DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS PROVIDED; DECOMPOSING (201) OVERALL FUNCTION INTO SUB-FUNCTIONS; CONSTRUCTING A FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURE BY THE ELEMENTAL MECHANICAL FUNCTIONS IN A FUNCTION LIBRARY; PROVIDING THE FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURE AS INPUT TO A DESIGN KNOWLEDGE BASE SYSTEM; GENERATING ALTERNATIVE CONCEPTS (203) AND DISPLAYING THE CONCEPT ON MORPHOLOGY CHART (207); COMBINING THE CONCEPTS (208) FOR OBTAINING PLURALITY OF CONCEPT VARIANTS; AND EVALUATING THE CONCEPT VARIANTS (213) TO OBTAIN RANKED VARIANTS BASED ON MERIT. IN AN EMBODIMENT, THE PRESENT INVENTION PROVIDES A COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING COMPUTER-EXECUTABLE INSTRUCTIONS STORED THEREON. MOST ILLUSTRATIVE DIAGRAM: