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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2002
Filed:
May. 14, 1999
Mohamed Ahmed Ali, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Vivek Bhatt, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Bijan Dorri, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Thomas Gerard Ebben, Sullivan, WI (US);
Michael Solomon Idelchik, Mequon, WI (US);
Brian Douglas Lounsberry, Thiensville, WI (US);
Arlie Russell Martin, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
Michael Charles Ostrowski, Glenville, NY (US);
Douglas J. Snyder, Brookfield, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for performing design trade-off. A plurality of critical to quality parameters corresponding to features of the design are obtained. A plurality of design specifications, each design specification corresponding to one of the critical to quality parameters, are also obtained. A plurality of designs are obtained where each design includes a plurality of design values and each design value corresponds to one of the critical to quality parameters. The design values are compared to the design specifications for each of the plurality of designs. A total score is generated for each design in response to the comparison.