VERMEIL. Verfahren und Methoden zur wissensbasierten Entwicklung zuverlaessiger Leitanlagen. Konfiguration und Rekonfiguration energiesparender Geraete Abschlussbericht

Configuration processes are present throughout all manufacturing branches and they are generally characterized by a high complexity. Beginning with the specification of a product, simple components have to be aggregated and parameterized until all necessary and desired properties are satisfied. In general, the whole production is divided in creative and non-creative processes. The non-creative configuration process is realizable under consideration of the given information and the available components, while the design of new products requires the human creativity. In the R and D project VERMEIL new constraint-logic algorithms, methods, and tools for a computer-assisted configuration based thereon were developed. Using the constraint-logic programming paradigm it is now possible to solve complex combinatorial configuration problems efficiently which are characterized by a large number of constraints. (orig.)SIGLEAvailable from TIB Hannover: DtF QN1(66,26) / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekBundesministerium fuer Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie, Bonn (Germany)DEGerman