Using Computer Design and Simulation to Improve Manufacturing Productivity

摘要

The members of the Modeling and Simulation Group at Cornell believe thatimprovements in computer capabilities and in software design tools have the potential to radically alter the manufacturing process. These improvements present unique opportunities for improving manufacturing productivity, an area of strategic importance to our nation's defense and economic future. Potential payoffs to industry and to the military include extended capabilities, increased reliability of components, and reduced production costs. Our goal is to develop and extend the science base in representing, manipulating, and reasoning about physical objects and processes. To this end, we are carrying out a broadbased research program to develop the underlying methodology that supports representation, editing, and simulation of objects, tasks, and systems. The remainder of this report summarizes some of our work in one of the areas that we stressed in our original proposal: robust and reliable geometric algorithms.