Hitachi, Ltd.

Hiroko Imanishi

Kunihiko Nishi

Junichi Saeki

Shingo Akasaka

Asao Nishimura

Kazuhiro Sugino

Sugino Kazuhiro

In order to derive optimum design specifications based on total evaluation performed on a product as a whole instead of individual design items during a process of determining design specifications involving a plurality of design items, candidates for the product specifications are selected by controlling design parameters for each of the design items in an integrated manner, computing values of a plurality of evaluation items evaluating candidates for the design specifications and performing total evaluation on all the evaluation items based on their computed values through collaboration among a plurality of design sections altogether auto-correcting all relevant design parameters quickly and relaxing as well as reassessing design constraints for a design parameter.

Method and apparatus for cooperated design

A product specification complex analysis system is provided which inputs product specifications of an external form and materials, design parameters determined by analysis and evaluation in the specifications, the range of the change of the parameters and a plurality of items of estimates as external input data, calls out and executes an evaluation program corresponding to each item of the estimates and stored in advance, from a group of evaluation programs whenever the item of the estimates is renewed, in order to sequentially evaluate the product specifications for each item of the estimates, determines the fluctuation of analysis results with respect to the change of the design parameters within designated ranges of changes, evaluates trade-off between the analysis results by changing the design parameters from the analysis results corresponding to the items of the estimates so as to make maximal evaluation values in an evaluation formula as an estimate function with weights comprising each of these analysis results, and can thus obtain optimum design parameters.

Product specification complex analysis system

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Yokohama, Japan

Hiroko Imanishi