@conference {18778, title = {A Framework for Conceptual Design of Multiple Interaction-State Mechatronic Systems}, year = {2004}, month = {2004///}, address = {Lausanne, Switzerland}, abstract = {Increasingly, complex mechatronic systems are beingdesigned to have higher levels of autonomy and intelligence. This requires them to operate in multiple interaction-states. To facilitate computer- aided conceptual design of complex mechatronic systems, this paper provides a framework for modeling design concepts behind mechatronic systems with multiple interaction-states. We introduce the primitives and operators used in the modeling framework, and illustrate the modeling process by an example. }, url = {http://www.glue.umd.edu/~skgupta/Publication/TMCE04_Xu.pdf}, author = {Gupta,S.K. and Xu,C. and Yao,Z.} }