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| Title: | QUALITATIVE SYNTHESIS OF CONFIGURATIONS FOR TWO-TERMINAL SYSTEMS BASED
ON DESIRED BEHAVIOR |
| Authors: | Benaroch, Michel
Dhar, Vasant |
| Issue Date: | Jul-1991 |
| Publisher: | Stern School of Business, New York University |
| Series/Report no.: | IS-91-18 |
| Abstract: | In design, inferring structure from function is a combinatorial
generate-and-test problem. Existing methods use prestored
domain-specific partial configurations to constrain the generator. We
have found that for certain types of economic and physical systems
consisting of two-terminal components connected in parallel, it is
fruitful to specify function in terms of desired behavior, and to
identify sets of components whose resultant behavior matches that
desired behavior. In this paper, we present two synthesis operators
called stretch and steepen that operate on qualitatively specified
piecewise linear functions that characterize the behavior of components.
We are currently applying this model to the domain of financial hedging,
where behaviors of the components (stocks, bonds, options, etc.) are
specified in terms of two-dimensional piecewise linear relationships,
and the goal is to synthesize these to produce a constrained behavior in
response to uncontrollable events. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2451/14373 |
| Appears in Collections: | IOMS: Information Systems Working Papers
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