supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 50835008, Grant No. 50875237, Grant No. 50705084);National Hi-tech Research and Development Program of China (863 Program, Grant No. 2007AA04Z190, Grant No. 2008AA042301)
Configuration knowledge is a dynamic information set which is evolving and enriching on and on. Product model is the instantiation of configuration knowledge and the evolution of configuration knowledge is the essenti...