Patent ID: 6771293
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A system for exploring a design space, comprising:a first computer program that generates and produces a plurality of design candidates wherein each of said design candidates is generated and produced by selecting from a device library design components to be combined to compose said design candidates according to at least one design configuration template that identifies types of components from said device library to be selected for each of said design candidates; a second computer program, in communication with said first computer program, that produces a subset of said plurality of design candidates using a filter that compares each design candidate to other design candidates and selects design candidates such that a design candidate that is inferior to any other design candidate is excluded from said subset of said plurality of design candidates; and a third computer program, in communication with said second computer program, that presents in a scatterplot said subset of said plurality of design candidates selected by said filter, wherein each axis of said scatterplot represents a design criterion of said design candidates.