| 摘要 |
The present invention employs a generative approach for configuring systems (10) such that a system may be configured based on component or resource requests (60), or input in the form of need. The prese nt invention provides a constraint-based configuration s ystem using a structural model (12) hierarchy. The structural aspects of the model provide the ability to define a model element as being contained in, or by, another model element. In addition, the structural model (12) pro vides the ability to identify logical datatype and physi cal interconnections (30) between elements and establish connections between ele ments. To configure a system, the present invention acce pts input in the form of requests (e.g., component or resource) or needs, such a s an expression of a need for a desktop computer system to be used in a CAD environment.
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