Quality assurance in cognizant simulative design

Computer assistance in engineering design can be enhanced by cognizant techniques having abilities such as perception, interpretation, reasoning, goal-setting, and learning. Simulative design provides ability to experiment using the model which results from the design process. Hence, simulative design provides a powerful way to test the acceptability of the design. Combined effects of embedded simulation ability and cognizant techniques in a computer aided design result in cognizant simulative design. Traditional quality assurance issues of modelling and simulation are applicable in simulative design. Artificial intelligence in simulative design has two implications in quality assurance: 1) cognizant quality assurance and 2) quality assurance issues of cognizant techniques. Following a brief introduction of cognizant simulative design, a glossary of basic terms is provided.