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M.A. Rosenman

Abstract

Qualitative evaluation for typological specialization in conceptual design M.A. Rosenman Department of Architectural and Design Science, University of Sydney, Australia ABSTRACT Design is a process of transforming a set of functional requirements into a structural description of an entity as a specification of design variables and then- values. Before designers can decide on specific design variables they must first arrive at as specific a design concept as possible. It is argued that human designers follow a top-down approach, making high level decisions based on qualitative evaluation to arrive at specific areas from which to make more detailed investigations. Given an object-centred representation of design objects, the problem in conceptual design is to arrive at the most specific design class from which a satisfactory instance can be generated. This paper concentrates on the problem of selecting such a specific design class and presents a method for selection based on a qualitative

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