Hitachi, Ltd.

Yoko Tonosaki

Noriyuki Haga

Shingo Akasaka

Yoshinao Arai

Atsuhiro Ishida

Tomoko Ogawa

Shoji Arino

Katsuyoshi Katsuta

In a design aiding method, a design aiding apparatus having the method, or a design aiding system possessing a plurality of such design aiding apparatuses for use in a field of computer software to facilitate a design process, there is determined, for a product having many variations of attributes and values thereof, an appropriate design procedure according to a state of design in a process of determining the attribute values of the product satisfying a request of a client. At occurrence of, for example, conflict during the design, the design procedure is guided for the user to obtain a design plan conforming to the request.

Method and apparatus for aiding of designing process

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Yokohama, Japan

Yoko Tonosaki