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An interval mathematics package for computer-aided design in electromagnetics /
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- Recent developments in CAD for electromagnetic devices have utilized knowledge-based programming techniques to simplify the task of design process automation. The ultimate goal is to duplicate the role an expert designer performs in synthesizing devices such as transformers, motors, and actuators. A missing quality from these CAD systems is a convenient representation of design space. Interval mathematics is proposed as a means of dealing with this elusive representation. The present work details an interval mathematics package that allows the user to put practical limits on certain parameters enabling the program to deduce the valid design space of the device. This facility permits the system to recognize and eliminate impossible designs and to guide the novice designer through the true search space. Intervals may also be used in other types of expert knowledge such as if-then rules and heuristic "rules of thumb" derived from years of design experience.
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