The Application of Constraint Satisfaction Technique in Conflict Detection and Resolution

The conflict detection and resolution in collaborative design is a key issue to maintain multi-disciplinary design consistency. This paper proposes a new method for conflict detection and resolution based on constraint sat isfaction technique.The representation of design constraint, the interval arith metic of the constraint satisfaction problem CSP and the conflict resolution str ategy based on constraint relaxation and adjustment are introduced.A constr aint-satisfaction based conflict detection and resolution tool CSCDR is then de veloped. It can help collaborative designers to detect and resolve the confli cts in time in the early stage of the design process so that the unnecessary des ign iteration and repeated negotiation are avoided and the design efficiency is then much improved. A design case illustrates the effectiveness of CSCDR.